Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Local Development

Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

AvLuca Iandoli,Hans Landström,Mario Raffa

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This book draws together leading academics to provide a state-of-the-art overview of the key challenges to entrepreneurship in Europe. Relationships between entrepreneurship, competitiveness and local development are assessed from various perspectives, and the important role played by entrepreneurs and small firms in fostering economic development in emerging as well as in developed countries is explored. Topics included within these parameters are venture capital, start-ups, entry barriers, the role of gender, refugee entrepreneurship and technological entrepreneurship. Researchers and scholars focusing on the areas of entrepreneurship and small business management will find much to interest them within this book, as will policy-makers involved in the promotion and support of local development and entrepreneurship.

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Utgivningsdatum2007-09-26
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781847203274

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Contents:ForewordDavid SmallboneIntroduction: Entrepreneurship, Competitiveness and Local DevelopmentLuca Iandoli, Hans Hans Landström and Mario Raffa1. Venture Capital Financing and the Growth of New Technology-based Firms: What Comes First?Fabio Bertoni, Massimo G. Colombo and Luca Grilli2. Unemployment in a Model of Entrepreneurship in Belgium: Empirical Evidence from the Global Entrepreneurship MonitorStijn Bruyneel, Martin Carree and Ludo Peeters3. Do Entry Barriers, Perceived by SMEs, Affect Real Entry? Some Evidence from the NetherlandsS. Gerhard Dijkstra, Ron Kemp and Clemens Lutz4. Traits Versus Attitudes in Predicting Future EntrepreneurshipRudolf Dömötör and Christopher Hader5. Prediction or Control? Exploring the Influence of Career Experience and Career Motives on Entrepreneurial Decision MakingJonas Gabrielsson and Diamanto Politis6. Start-ups in the Netherlands: A Longitudinal Study on the Factors for GrowthPetra Gibcus, Pauline de Jong-‘t Hart and Ron Kemp7. A Gender Analysis of the Supply of, and Demand for, New Venture Finance in IrelandSiri Terjesen and Colm O’Gorman8. Organization Context and Knowledge Management in SMEs: A Study of Dutch Technology-based FirmsLorraine Uhlaner and Jerry van Santen9. Refugee Entrepreneurship: The Case of BelgiumBram Wauters and Johan Lambrecht10. The Role of Gender for Entrepreneurship in a Transition ContextFriederike Welter, David Smallbone, Nina Isakova and Elena Aculai11. The Impact of the Venture Capitalists’ Service and Monitoring Activities on Control Systems and Performance of Entrepreneurial FirmsFrits H. Wijbenga, Theo J.B.M. Postma and Rebecca StratlingIndex

'The book is theoretically rich and each chapter provides researchers with a plethora of up-to-date reference lists on each of the topics and issues explored. Throughout the book, a very high standard of empirical work is reported and important theoretical and methodological issues are addressed. . . it is a praiseworthy source of reference for entrepreneurship educators, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers equally, and would be a commendable addition to any library's collection.'