"Investing in Entrepreneurs: A Strategic Approach for Strengthening Your Regional and Community Economy" offers a compelling argument for making the support of entrepreneurship the centerpiece of local and regional economic development--and provides a plan to make it happen. The book is organized around a tool, developed by the authors, that permits a community to strategically map and manage its business assets in a way that can transform its economy.

"Investing in Entrepreneurs" begins with a reflection on the importance of entrepreneurship, a discussion of its diminished place in...