An historical perspective on government-university partnerships to enhance entrepreneurship and economic development / Irwin Feller -- Government policies to encourage economic development through entrepreneurship : the case of technology transfer / Scott Shane -- Creating innovation networks among manufacturing firms : how effective extension programs work / Susan Helper and Marcus Stanley -- Investing in the MEMS regional innovation networks and the commercialization infrastructure of older industrial states / Michael Fogarty -- Buying Ohioans' loyalty? : how state financial aid affects brain drain / Eric Bettinger and Erin Riley -- On SBA-guaranteed lending and economic growth / Ben Craig, William Jackson and James Thomson -- Smart places for smart people : cluster-based planning in the 21st-century knowledge economy / Michael Luger -- Regional wealth creation and the 21st century : women and 'minorities' in the tradition of economic strangers / John Butler Universities, entrepreneurship and public policy : lessons from abroad / Bo Carlsson.