Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe

Edited by Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany and the late David Smallbone, formerly Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK

• Contents:1. Entrepreneurship Policies in the Wider Europe: A Thematic PerspectiveFriederike Welter and David SmallbonePART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN THE NEW EUROPE2. The Local Dimension of Entrepreneurship Policy: The Example of East GermanyAndrea-Rosalinde Hofer and Friederike Welter3. Promoting Cross-border Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria: A Case for Policy Treatment?Kiril Todorov, Kostadin Kolarov and David Smallbone4. SMEs and Social Dialogue in the New Europe: The Case of HungaryDavid Smallbone, Zoltan Roman and Robert Blackburn5. Mentalities and Mindsets: The Difficulties of Entrepreneurship Policies in the Latvian ContextArnis Sauka and Friederike Welter6. University-level Entrepreneurship Education in PolandJerzy Cieślik7. Creating a Regional Innovation System: The Case of Lodz in PolandAnna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki8. From Making the State to Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship Policy in SloveniaMiroslav Rebernik and Barbara BradačPART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES BEYOND THE EUROPEAN UNION9. Entrepreneurship Policy Transfer: The Case of the SME Policy Framework in AlbaniaMirela Xheneti10. Entrepreneurship and SME Policies in Fragile Environments: The Example of RussiaAlexander Chepurenko11. Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in UkraineNina IsakovaPART III: CHALLENGES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN A WIDER EUROPE12. Conclusions and OutlookDavid Smallbone and Friederike WelterIndex

‘A work of seminal and original economic scholarship, the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe is strongly recommended as a core addition to governmental and academic library economic policy studies reference collections, and critically important reading for economists and academicians concerned with Europeans current economic crisis.’