Developmental entrepreneurship adversity, risk, and isolation (Elsevier JAI, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references
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Cover -- Developmental Entrepreneurship: Adversity, Risk, and Isolation -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Entrepreneurship and Institutions -- Part II: Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economics -- Part III: Entrepreneurship and Crises -- Part IV: Poverty Traps, Entrepreneurship and Development: The Case of Mozambique -- Part V: Isolation and Wealth Development: The Case of Iceland -- Part VI: Entrepreneurship and Historical Disadvantages -- Part VII: Entrepreneurship and Building Human Capital -- Concluding Remarks -- Part I: Entrepreneurship and Institutions -- Trust, Institutions and Entrepreneurship* -- Trust -- Knowledge by Acquaintance and Description -- The Real Value of Property -- The Economics of Organization -- Calculating Value -- Mexico -- Egypt -- The New Industrial Revolution -- The Common Link -- U.S. Policy -- Why Do People Forget? -- Poor Peoples' Knowledge: Helping Poor People to earn from their own Intellectual Property --
- Introduction -- Successes -- Property Rights for Indigenous People -- Indian Crafts -- African Music -- Local Designs, Local Identity -- Traditional Knowledge, Modern Knowledge, and Poor People's Knowledge -- Respecting Collective and Individual Ownership -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Entrepreneurship in Transitional Economics -- Institutional Development and Entrepreneurship in a Transition Context -- Introduction -- Transitional Environments with Major Institutional Deficiencies -- An Institutional Approach to Entrepreneurship in Early Stage Transition Economies -- The Environment for Entrepreneurship in Early Stage Transition Countries -- Entrepreneurial Behaviour in an Early Stage Transition Environment -- Institutional Development in New EU Member States and Candidate Countries -- The Environment for Entrepreneurship in New Member States -- Developing the Institutional Framework for Entrepreneurship in Estonia -- Conclusions and Policy Agenda -- References --
- Entrepreneurial Environment and the Life-Cycle Growth and Development Approach to Analyzing Family Businesses in the Transitional Polish Economy -- Introduction -- Background on the Transition and Development of Small Polish Businesses -- The Study -- Business Characteristics -- Business Environment -- Policy Implications -- Conclusions -- References -- Transition in the Polish Economy* -- Transition in the Context of a Centrally Planned Economy -- The Attempt at Reform of the CRM -- A Brief Focus on Polish Privatization -- The Foundations of Economic Transformation in Poland -- Enter the Balcerowicz Team -- Securing International Financial Cooperation -- The State of Poland's Post-Transition Economy: A Selected Micro Look -- Positive Indicators -- Persistent Negatives -- Future Prospects -- A Transitional Conclusion -- References -- New Venture Performance in the Transition Economies: A Conceptual Model -- Introduction -- Cultural and Social Capital of the Entrepreneur --