Seven Steps Towards Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Growth -- Historical Roots, Ecosystem Assessment, Firm Formation Processes and Legal Competences: A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Finance, Knowledge and Labor Market Institutions in Europe -- Economic Impact Assessment of Entrepreneurship Policies with the GMR-Europe Model -- On the Institutional Foundations on the Varieties of Entrepreneurship in Europe -- Towards an Entrepreneurial Society: What Can the European Union Contribute? -- Country Studies: A Reform Strategy in Italy -- A Reform Strategy in Germany -- A Reform Strategy in United Kingdom -- What We Have Learned and How We May Proceed.

Open Access

This open access book is an outcome of the EU’s Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). Building on historical, economic and legal analysis, and combining methods and data across disciplines, the authors provide policymakers, stakeholders and scholars with valuable new tools for assessing and improving Europe’s entrepreneurial ecosystems. Then experts from Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom discuss tailored strategies for introducing entrepreneurial policy reforms in their respective countries.