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Book SynopsisThis timely book analyses the emergence of new firms in a broad context where economics, management and sociological approaches may be joined for a new perspective. The Entrepreneurial Society reveals that the market benefits of an entrepreneurial economy are evident in the new technology that has been made available to consumers over the past ten to 20 years. It illustrates that entrepreneurial firms provide the market with innovations that create new products and, in turn, generate new employment and tax revenue, thus playing a critical role in surviving the economic crisis. The expert contributors explore the diverse conditions that explain, permit and support entrepreneurship, allowing thinking ?outside the box? and enhancing breakthrough innovations. At a time when new challenges relating to the ecological footprint are appearing, this work will prove crucial.The eclectic approaches to entrepreneurship within this book, gathered from different countries and fields of research, will prove to be hotly sought after by researchers and postgraduate students of entrepreneurship and social policy.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Jean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van Auken PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING THE LINK BETWEEN FACTORS AND EFFECTS OF NEW FIRMS’ FORMATION 1. Entrepreneurial Diversity and Economic Growth Ingrid Verheul and André van Stel 2. High Education, Sunk Costs and Entrepreneurship Jean Bonnet and Pascal Cussy 3. Entrepreneurship and its Regional Development: Do Self-employment Ratios Converge and Does Gender Matter? Dieter Bögenhold and Uwe Fachinger PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO FINANCE AND TO AVAILABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS 4. Role of Information in the Debt Financing of Technology-based Firms in Spain Ginés Hernández-Cánovas, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro and Howard Van Auken 5. Entrepreneurial Finance in France: The Persistent Role of Banks Sylvie Cieply and Marcus Dejardin 6. Contextual Factors Favouring Entrepreneurship Initiative in Spain Antonio Aragón Sánchez, Alicia Rubio Bañón and Paula Sastre Vivaracho 7. Differences in Financial and Legal Systems and Contribution of Private Equity Funds to Transfers of Shares in Europe Rafik Abdesselam, Sylvie Cieply and Anne-Laure Le Nadant PART III: ACCOUNTING FOR THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS AND THE FIRM’S BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE 8. Innovative Culture, Management Control Systems and Performance in Young SMEs Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Antonio Duréndez 9. Successful Post-entry Strategies of New Entrepreneurs Jean Bonnet and Nicolas Le Pape 10. Interaction between Regional Intellectual Capital and Organizational Intellectual Capital: The Mediating Roles of Entrepreneurial Characteristics Csaba Deák and Stefania Testa 11. Is Non-profit Entrepreneurship Different from Other Forms? A Survey Data Analysis of Motivations and Access to Funds Franck Bailly and Karine Chapelle Conclusion Jean Bonnet, Domingo García Pérez De Lema and Howard Van Auken Index
