Social enterprise support policies: distinctions and challenges

Lyon, Fergus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6275-4102 and Sepulveda, Leandro ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1863-010X (2012) Social enterprise support policies: distinctions and challenges. In: Government, SMEs and entrepreneurship development: policy, practice and challenges. Blackburn, Robert A. and Schaper, Michael T., eds. Gower Publishing, pp. 213-226. ISBN 9781409430353. [Book Section]

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Abstract

Recent decades have seen substantial growth in the range of assistance programmes for SMEs and entrepreneurs across the world. Once regarded as peripheral to the economy and public policy, the role of small firms and of entrepreneurship is now recognized as of key importance in the economic growth and development strategies of many nations.

The range of interventions and support focused on promoting SMEs and entrepreneurship is substantial and expanding, so Government, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Development asks ‘what are some of the main policy instruments being used, and how effective are they?’ It considers policies in different countries, examines key interventions and tools used to promote entrepreneurship and SME development and concludes with contributions on how to best evaluate their effectiveness.

The contributor chapters by academics and practitioners from businesses, enterprise development agencies and governments, are empirical or evidence-based and use both quantitative and qualitative approaches. Drawing on experience from a wide range of both developed and emerging countries and economies, the contributions focus on the broad strategies that different governments and communities have adopted to foster entrepreneurship and SMEs; the policy tools and instruments that can be used to promote small business and entrepreneurship; and on the outcomes of policy instruments and the methods used to evaluate interventions. Their findings will help researchers, policy-makers, economic development officers, civil servants, elected officials, and business associations to better understand the issues in this important field.

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