Entrepreneurial Challenges in the 21st Century

Hans Ruediger Kaufmann is Professor of Marketing at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and Visiting Professor at the International Business School, Vilnius University, Lithuania. He was previously President of CIRCLE and is currently Vice-President of EMBRI and a board member of the AMA Global Marketing SIG. He is member of the editorial board of various journals and an Associate Editor of the WREMSD.Riad Shams is Associate Fellow at the EuroMed Academy of Business, Cyprus. Currently, he is pursuing his sponsored PhD at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, value co-creation, relationship marketing, corporate reputation, image and brand positioning. He has an emerging publication record, with papers in top-tier journals and conferences.

• 1. Perspectives of Entrepreneurship and its Impact on Stakeholder's Co-Creation; Ridhi Arora 2. The Future of Entrepreneurship - Concept and Context; Kristin Wallevik 3. Entrepreneurship: Practice-Based Theorizing; Teboho Pitso and Malefane Lebusa 4. Value Co-creation and Entrepreneurial Challenges in Business Networks: What Factors Impact Upon the Networks' Firms Performance?; Silvia Cantele and Silvia Vernizzi 5. Dynamic Capabilities and Value Co-creation in Low-Tech Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurial Ventures; Glykeria Karagouni and Aimilia Protogerou 6. Enterprising Culture: Innovation and Value-Network; Alexandros Antonaras and Paraskevi (Evi) Dekoulou 7. Impact of Enterprising Culture on Innovation and Value Network: The case of Cypriot companies; Ria Nicoletti Morphitou 8. Entrepreneurial Innovation and Stakeholder Relationship Management; Zhanna Belyaeva 9. Entrepreneurial Initiatives and Competitive Advantage in Technology-based Companies: The Role of Founding Team; Monica Cerdan-Chiscano, Antoni Olive, Ana Isabel Jimenez-Zarco and Joan Torrent-Sellens 10. Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Organizational Performance and Value Co-Creation: Evidence from a B2B Context; Nicola Cobelli, Ilenia Confente and Ivan Russo 11. Opportunities for Entrepreneurial Development and Growth through Online Communities, Collaboration and Value Creating and Co-creating Activities; Rotem Shneor and Bjorn-Tore Flaten 12. Entrepreneurial Co-creation and Cross Border Manifesto; Suja R. Nair 13. Analysis of the Impact of Cultural and Institutional Characteristics of the Gulf Cooperation Council States on Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges; Mhamed Biygautane 14. Open Design in the Advanced Manufacturing Production; Alessandro Ruggieri, Enrico Maria Mosconi, Stefano Poponi, Cecilia Silvestri 15. Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurial Co-creation: an Analysis of Brand Identity and Virtual Brand Communities; Hela Benmiled-Cherif