| Description |
xxiii, 360 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
This book provides a window into the economic, political, cultural, geographical, and technological environments that affect entrepreneurs as they exploit opportunities and create value in economies across the world. The book begins with a discussion of the theories, concepts, indicators, and measurements that impact entrepreneurship differently in different regions; from there, it offers insights into global variations in entrepreneurial ecosystems and finance. The author methodically examines entrepreneurship patterns in diverse economies through the lenses of economic system, political system, culture and religion, and geography.-- From publisher's description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Global entrepreneurship: the current status, definitions, types and measures : A global entrepreneurial revolution : Favorable attitudes toward capitalism and social acceptance of entrepreneurship ; Responses of policy makers and non-governmental organizations ; Young people's engagement in entrepreneurial activities ; The global financial crisis and entrepreneurship -- Various types of capitalism and their influence on entrepreneurial activities -- Variation in entrepreneurial activities across the world : Qualitative differences ; Motivation and intended goals of entrepreneurial activities ; Gender bias and other types of disparity in entrepreneurship ; Effects of political, cultural and other broad environmental factors -- Definitions and types of entrepreneurial activity and their variations worldwide : Productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship indicators : Entrepreneurial impacts indicators ; Determinants of entrepreneurship -- Becoming a successful entrepreneur in different countries -- Creating an entrepreneurial economy and society -- Case : Cellular phones and micro-entrepreneurship in developing countries -- 2. The entrepreneurial ecosystem and its components : Comparing natural and entrepreneurial ecosystems : Productivity of an entrepreneurial ecosystem ; Diversity in an entrepreneurial ecosystem ; Poor-quality species and parasites and their effects ; Feedback systems -- The essential elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem -- The roles of policy and regulation in enhancing the quality and productivity of an entrepreneurial ecosystem : Two African success stories on the policy front -- A systems approach to understanding the entrepreneurial ecosystem: moving from parts to the whole -- Case : The Colombian entrepreneurial ecosystem -- 3. Sources of entrepreneurial finance and their variation across the world : Availability and costs of bank financing -- The capital market -- Venture capital -- Microfinance : Size and structure of the global microfinance industry ; Profit-seeking microfinance programs ; Repayment rates and interest rates in microfinance programs ; Microfinance and women ; Some challenges to microfinance programs -- Economic aid from NGOs and international agencies : Acumen fund's combination of venture capital and economic aid -- Crowdfunding : Some examples of successful ventures that raised money by crowdsourcing -- Supply chain financing -- Informal financing sources : Informal equity funding ; Informal sources of debt financing -- International remittances as sources of entrepreneurial financing -- Case : Microfinance programs and village phone ladies -- 4. Entrepreneurship in OECD economies : The OECD in relation to entrepreneurship -- The newly accessed and candidate countries -- Determinants of entrepreneurship in OECD economies : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Case : Governments' export promotion strategies in EU economies -- |
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5. Entrepreneurship in post-socialist economies in the former Soviet Union and central and eastern Europe : Variation across FSU&CEE economies in different forms of entrepreneurship -- Productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship in FSU&CEE economies : Productive market entrepreneurship ; Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship -- Determinants of entrepreneurship in FSU&CEE economies : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Case : Kaspersky Lab: from Russia with antivirus -- 6. Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies : A survey of entrepreneurship in the GCC region ; Determinants of entrepreneurship in GCC economies : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Formal and informal institutions in relation to entrepreneurship : The governments' reform measures ; Institutional change agents ; Selective adaptation ; The "triple embeddedness" thesis ; The "holistic order" and the "extended order" ; Western-educated leaders, technocrats and citizens ; Government's dependence on businesses, and the merger of economic and political elites ; Dependence on western countries ; Ability to achieve economic development without reforms -- Case: Cellular phones and entrepreneurship in the GCC economies -- 7; Entrepreneurship in Africa : A survey of entrepreneurship in Africa : Positive and encouraging signs ; Natural resources and their relations to entrepreneurship -- Determinants of entrepreneurship in Africa : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Foreign companies' entrepreneurial activities in Africa : Arbitrage strategies ; Allegations regarding the exploitation of Africa's resources by foreign multinationals ; Low degree of linkage to the local economy -- Western response to the low level of entrepreneurial activity in Africa -- Case : Entrepreneurship in the African fisheries industries -- 8. Entrepreneurship in China : A survey of entrepreneurship in China : Some macro-economic indicators ; Emergence of world-class entrepreneurial firms and global brands ; Inequalities in income and wealth ; The informal economy ; Motivation of Chinese entrepreneurs -- Institutional changes and entrepreneurship : Changes in formal institutions ; Changes in informal institutions -- Determinants of entrepreneurship in China : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Case : Entrepreneurship in the Chinese clean technology industry -- 9. Entrepreneurship in India : A survey of entrepreneurship in India : Entrepreneurship in the Indian ICT and offshoring sector ; Low overall entrepreneurial performance ; Lack of trickledown effect and signs of oligarchic capitalism -- Determinants of entrepreneurship in India : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology -- Case : The entrepreneurial chief minister and Andhra Pradesh State's emergence as a global ICT hub -- Appendix 1. Integrative cases (ICs) -- Appendix 2. Online sources of global entrepreneurship-related data and statistics -- Appendix 3. Preparing an international business plan (IBP). |
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Entrepreneurship.
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Entrepreneurship. |
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Entrepreneurship -- Developing countries.
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Developing countries. |
| ISBN |
0415887992 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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041588800X (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780415887991 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780415888004 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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9781315795607 (ebook) (alkaline paper) |
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