Entrepreneurial Society

Edited by Jean Bonnet, University of Caen Normandy, France, Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain and Howard Van Auken, University Professor, College of Business, Iowa State University, US

• Contents:IntroductionJean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van Auken PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING THE LINK BETWEEN FACTORS AND EFFECTS OF NEW FIRMS’ FORMATION1. Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic GrowthIngrid Verheul and André van Stel2. High Education, Sunk Costs and EntrepreneurshipJean Bonnet and Pascal Cussy3. Entrepreneurship and its Regional Development: Do Self-employment Ratios Converge and Does Gender Matter?Dieter Bögenhold and Uwe FachingerPART II: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO FINANCE AND TO AVAILABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS4. Role of Information in the Debt Financing of Technology-based Firms in SpainGinés Hernández-Cánovas, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro and Howard Van Auken5. Entrepreneurial Finance in France: The Persistent Role of BanksSylvie Cieply and Marcus Dejardin6. Contextual Factors Favouring Entrepreneurship Initiative in SpainAntonio Aragón Sánchez, Alicia Rubio Bañón and Paula Sastre Vivaracho7. Differences in Financial and Legal Systems and Contribution of Private Equity Funds to Transfers of Shares in EuropeRafik Abdesselam, Sylvie Cieply and Anne-Laure Le NadantPART III: ACCOUNTING FOR THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS AND THE FIRM’S BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE8. Innovative Culture, Management Control Systems and Performance in Young SMEsDomingo García Pérez De Lema and Antonio Duréndez9. Successful Post-entry Strategies of New EntrepreneursJean Bonnet and Nicolas Le Pape10. Interaction between Regional Intellectual Capital and Organizational Intellectual Capital: The Mediating Roles of Entrepreneurial CharacteristicsCsaba Deák and Stefania Testa11. Is Non-profit Entrepreneurship Different from Other Forms? A Survey Data Analysis of Motivations and Access to FundsFranck Bailly and Karine ChapelleConclusionJean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van AukenIndex