Download or read book Political Entrepreneurship written by Charlie Karlsson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political Entrepreneurship explores the role of political entrepreneurs in regional growth and entrepreneurial diversity. The authors define a political entrepreneur as a politician, bureaucrat or officer within the publicly funded sector who encourages entrepreneurship for growth and employment using innovative approaches. This book aims to enrich the established research on entrepreneurship with in-depth knowledge of the conditions conducive for political entrepreneurship in Sweden.