Nezameddin Faghih is a UNESCO Chair Professor Emeritus, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research (Springer). He has published more than 50 books and 100 research articles, and presented more than 120 invited talks in academia, industry, and professional meetings. Amir Forouharfar received his bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature from Arak University (Iran). He received a master’s degree in Entrepreneurship Management and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Sistan and Baluchestan (Iran). His main areas of research are entrepreneurship, organization theory, public administration and philosophy. Dr. Forouharfar has over 30 fully refereed articles in prestigious journals, conferences, and books.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Dynamics and Mechanisms.- Chapter 2: Economic development at G7 country level: taxonomy of economic development  ranking and proposition of a strategic entrepreneurship model of development.- Chapter 3: A study on the impact of the fourth industrial revolution and big data on human resources in Italian companies.- Chapter 4: The logic of production in the informal enterprises: the case of Bolivia and its implications for the public policy.- Part II: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Theories.- Chapter 5: A metaphorical approach to the fundamental grounds in strategic timing: a contribution to the ontological perception, axiological evaluation, and epistemological classification of timing in strategic management.- Chapter 6: Going on a quest for social and humane intentions within strategic entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review approach.- Chapter 7: Corporate entrepreneurship strategy and internationalization: a literature review.- Chapter 8: Defining, measuring, and developing social entrepreneurship skills: A crucial element of social entrepreneurship strategy.- Chapter 9: How strategic entrepreneurship benefits public administration: a potential application of complexity theory.- Part III: Strategic Entrepreneurship: Practices.- Chapter 10: The strategic entrepreneurship pitching on crowdfunding platforms: a traction toward emerging advanced technologies.- Chapter 11: Technology-based entrepreneurship: venture inception, entrepreneurial aspirations, and background.- Chapter 12: Critical innovation strategies for achieving competitive strategic entrepreneurship in ever-increasing turbulent markets.- Chapter 13: Growth loops: from perceptions of growth to motivations for growth in high-growth women-led entrepreneurial firms.- Chapter 14: Rethinking strategic entrepreneurial succession: unfolding hidden aspects of the entrepreneurial families’ iceberg.- Index.