ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book discusses the constantly changing enterprise policies of countries such as Ireland, as well as the extensive range of interventions currently in existence in the UK. It presents a framework for aiding the development of entrepreneurship training programmes, derived from a synthesis of the information generated by the constituent elements of the study. The book summarises the main conclusions that can be drawn from the study overall, and discusses the implications for entrepreneurship programme design, provision and effectiveness. It considers the extensive literature on the entrepreneurial personality and presents the psychological, social, behavioural and various other approaches to studying the entrepreneur. The book suggests participants' perceptions of the benefits of entrepreneurship programmes change over time. It underlines the differences in costs between countries, by comparing the Irish programmes with their other European counterparts.
