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Book SynopsisThis timely book presents contemporary research on the key role of entrepreneurship in firm growth and development strategies. The contributors reveal that a high level of entrepreneurial activity contributes to economic growth, innovative activities, competition, job creation and local development.
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Thomas M. Cooney 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurship, Growth and Economic Development Mário Raposo, David Smallbone, Károly Balaton and Lilla Hortoványi 2. Are Firm Growth and Performance the Same or Different Concepts in Empirical Entrepreneurship Studies? An Analysis of the Dependent and Independent Variables Niklas Kiviluoto, Malin Brännback and Alan Carsrud 3. Developing and Testing a Typology of Growth Strategies of Entrepreneurial IT Service Firms Olivier Witmeur and Alain Fayolle 4. Understanding the Start-up Funding Process in Venture Capital-backed and Non-venture Capital-backed Firms Teresa Hogan and Elaine Hutson 5. A New Approach to Testing the Effects of Entrepreneurship Education Among Secondary School Pupils Jan Lepoutre, Wouter Van den Berghe, Olivier Tilleuil and Hans Crijns 6. Effects of Regional Human Capital Structure on Business Entry: A Comparison of Independent Start-ups and New Subsidiaries in Different Industries Kenta Ikeuchi and Hiroyuki Okamuro 7. Cross-border Cooperation between Enterprises as a Form of International Entrepreneurship David Smallbone, Mirela Xheneti and Friederike Welter 8. The Entrepreneurship Potential within Swiss Regions: A Comparison Based on Cluster Analysis Katharina Becker, Franz Kronthaler and Kerstin Wagner 9. A Theoretical Model of Competitiveness and its Application in the Hungarian SME Sector László Szerb and József Ulbert 10. The Emergence of a Knowledge-intensive Industry: A Study of the RFID Industry David Finn and Colm O’Gorman 11. Toward a Hermeneutical Methodology for Entrepreneurship Research in a Radical Subjectivist Paradigm Christoph Streb and Vishal Gupta Index
