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1.1 What Makes an Entrepreneur? |
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1.2 Is This an Economics Piece of Research? |
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1.3 Why Entrepreneurship? And Why Japan? |
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1.5 Structure of This Book |
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Part I A Theory of Entrepreneurship Through the Rule-Based Approach |
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2 The Rule-Based Approach in the Analysis of Economic Change |
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2.1 Change as Reflected in Economic Thought |
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2.2 Building Blocks of the Rule-Based Approach |
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3 The Rule-Based Economy and the Function of the Entrepreneur |
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3.1 Rules in an Evolving Economy |
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3.2 The Function of Entrepreneurs in a Rule-Based Economy |
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23 | (1) |
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3.3 Generalised Roles of Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Financiers |
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24 | (3) |
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25 | (2) |
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4 The Entrepreneurial Process in Terms of Rules |
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4.1 Dimensions and Forms of Entrepreneurship |
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28 | (1) |
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4.2 Reasons to Apply Individual Entrepreneurship in a Start-Up Operation |
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29 | (2) |
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4.3 Propositions on Entrepreneurship |
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31 | (5) |
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4.4 The Limits to Generality as Imposed by Localism |
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36 | (7) |
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38 | (5) |
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Part II The Rule-Based Approach in Empirics: A Methodological Sketch |
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5 Construction of Empirical Models: The System of Factor Rules (SFR) |
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5.1 Instrumental Realism as Guiding Rail for Identifying Influencing Factors |
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5.2 Clearing One's Findings from Prices and Quantities |
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5.3 Classifying Factor Rules by Class and Order |
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5.4 Examining How Factor Rules Impact on the Response Rule |
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5.5 Understanding How Factor Rules Interact |
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6 Changing and Meta-stable Sub-systems (CSS and MSSS) |
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6.1 Criteria for Extracting the Changing Core of the SFR |
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6.2 Obtaining Data for the Extraction of the CSS |
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7 Analysis of the Changing Sub-sytem (CSS): Developing and Testing of Hypotheses |
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7.3 Agent-Based Simulations |
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8 Rule-Based Economics in Empirical Practice: An Exemplar |
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8.1 Defining the Subject Matter |
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8.2 Identify Potential Influences |
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8.3 Extracting Effective Influences |
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8.4 Evidencing Effective Influences |
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8.5 Developing Policy Recommendations |
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Part III Entrepreneurship in Japan: 1992--2012 |
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9 Assembling the Model of Entrepreneurship in Japan: The System of Factor Rules (SFR) |
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9.1 Identifying Potential Factor Rules |
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9.2 Interdependencies Between Factor Rules |
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9.3 SFR of Entrepreneurship in Japan |
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10 Reducing the Model of Entrepreneurship in Japan: Extraction of its Changing Sub-system (CSS) |
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10.1 Economic Environment |
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10.2 Business Founders as Members of Society |
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10.3 The Role of Government Policy |
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10.4 Economic Alternatives to Self-Employment |
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11 Putting to Work the Model of Entrepreneurship in Japan |
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11.1 Structure of the Changing Sub-system |
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11.2 Introducing the Japanese "Founder Force" |
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11.3 Founder Subgroups: Differentiating Characteristics |
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12 Evolution of Entrepreneurship in Japan: Analysis of its Changing Sub-system |
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12.1 The Determinants of the Rule Population of Entrepreneurial Spirit |
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12.2 The Determinants of the Rule Population of Individual Entrepreneurship and of Frequency of Start-Up Operations |
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138 | (9) |
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144 | (3) |
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13 Entrepreneurship in Japan: Interpretation of Findings |
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147 | (10) |
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13.1 Understanding Entrepreneurial Spirit in Japan |
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147 | (2) |
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13.2 Understanding Latent Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Operations in Japan |
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149 | (2) |
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13.3 Theoretical Propositions on Entrepreneurship in Empirical Perspective |
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151 | (6) |
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153 | (4) |
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14 The Entrepreneur in Rule-Based Economics: Summary of Findings and Research Outlook |
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14.1 Entrepreneurship as a Rule and the Entrepreneur as a Propagator of Rules |
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157 | (3) |
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14.2 A Manual for Rule-Based Empirical Research |
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14.3 Entrepreneurial Spirit, Individual Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Operations in Japan: 1992--2012 |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (4) |
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164 | (3) |
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15 Policy Design in Rule-Based Economics: Implications for Entrepreneurship in Japan |
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15.1 Fostering Entrepreneurial Spirit |
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168 | (1) |
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15.2 Increasing Levels of Latent Entrepreneurship |
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169 | (2) |
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15.3 Enabling More Actual Entrepreneurship |
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171 | (4) |
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172 | (3) |
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16 Rule-Based Economics in Empirical Practice: Effective Tool for Theory Building |
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16.1 Benchmarking Rule-Based Economics Against Traditional Approaches |
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176 | (1) |
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16.2 Rule-Based Economics: Challenges of an Evolving Framework |
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177 | (2) |
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16.3 Living Up to Expectations: The Rule-Based Approach in Empirical Research |
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179 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (20) |
List of Abbreviations |
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203 | (2) |
Glossary |
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205 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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