Exploring the Entrepreneurial Society

Edited by Jean Bonnet, University of Caen Normandy, France, Marcus Dejardin, University of Namur and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium and Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain

This important new volume brings together leading experts in the world to flush out not only why entrepreneurship matters so much, but also what needs to be done to create a viable and sustainable entrepreneurial society. All scholars and thought leaders in business and policy aspiring to generate an entrepreneurially driven economy and society need to pay careful attention to this insightful book.'

• Contents: Part I: Entrepreneurship and Formal and Informal Institutions1. Understanding the Drivers of an ‘Entrepreneurial’ Economy: Lessons from Japan and the NetherlandsHiroyuki Okamuro, André van Stel and Ingrid Verheul2. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and Modes of Entry into EntrepreneurshipJoern H. Block and Sascha G. Walter 3. Entrepreneurs Using Regulation as a Source of Opportunity: A Study Combining Quantitative and Qualitative ApproachesAmélie Jacquemin and Frank Janssen 4. Determinants of High-Growth Firms: Why Do Some Countries Have More High-Growth Firms than Others?Mercedes Teruel and Gerrit de Wit 5. Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Regional Growth in Indonesia (1994-2010)François Facchini and Subandono 6. Sub-National Market-Supporting Institutions and Export BehaviorsNgo Vi Dung and Frank Janssen Part II: Entrepreneurial Choice, Orientation and Success7. Are French Industrial Establishments Equally Sensitive to the Local Atmosphere? An Analysis Resting upon a Panel of Manufacturing Plants over the Period 2003-2010Nadine Levratto, Denis Carré and Luc Tessier8. The Labor Market and Successful EntrepreneurshipJean Bonnet and Nicolas Le Pape 9. The Relationship between Knowledge Management and Innovation Level in Mexican SMEs: Empirical EvidenceGonzalo Maldonado Guzman, Maria del Carmen Martinez Serna and Domingo García Pérez de LemaPart III: Entrepreneurial Behaviors10. Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition and Exploitation in Academic Spin-offsUgo Rizzo 11. Firm Location Choice in the New Economy: Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurial Work-lifestyles of Neighbourhood Entrepreneurs in the Business Location DecisionAnne Risselada and Veronique Schutjens12. How to Explain Gender Differences in Self-Employment Ratios. Towards a Socioeconomic ApproachDieter Bögenhold and Uwe Fachinger Part IV: Entrepreneurial Finance, Growth and Economic Crises13. Entrepreneurship and Schumpeterian GrowthPaolo E. Giordani 14. Venture Capital Contracts and the Institutional Theory: Differences between Public and Private Spanish Venture Capital FirmsMª Camino Ramón-Llorens and Ginés Hernández-Cánovas 15. Exploring SME’s Strategic Response to the Financial and Economic Crisis: Empirical Evidence from Catalonia. Eleni Papaoikonomou, Xiaoni Li and Pere Segarra16. Does the Financial Crisis Make SMEs Reluctant to Ask for Finance in Luxembourg? Serge Allegrezza, Leila Ben Aoun-Peltier, Anne Dubrocard and Solène LaruePart V: Entrepreneurship, Social Dimensions and Outcomes17. Self-Employment and Independent Professionals: Labour Market Transitions and Myths of EntrepreneurshipDieter Bögenhold, Jarna Heinonen and Elisa Akola 18. How Distinct is Social Entrepreneurship From Commercial Entrepreneurship?Alicia Rubio Bañon, Nuria Esteban-Lloret and Antonio Aragón Sánchez 19. Self-Employed People and Pension. Is Old Age Poverty the Inevitable Dark Side of an Entrepreneurial Society? Uwe Fachinger and Anna FrankusIndex