The paper sets out to review entrepreneurship in transition countries, assessing the extent to
which theories and concepts of entrepreneurship developed in a market economy context …

Entrepreneurship in transition countries plays an important potential role in facilitating the
shift from a centrally planned towards a market-based system. Empirical evidence shows …

The main task of all European countries in transition is to move away from their centrally
planned system and to adopt a market economy. All countries analyzed in this chapter …

In this paper we analyse the role of government in relation to the development of
entrepreneurship in countries where private business activity was illegal until the beginning …

The paper focuses on three interrelated themes: the regional dimensions of
institutionalisation and entrepreneurship policies; dialogue and governance issues, which …

Our research project investigates entrepreneurial behaviour in different Western and
Eastern European countries. The central hypothesis is that trust has a decisive impact on …

Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Bulgaria have already played a significant
role in the national economy development. The most important problems SMEs are facing in …

This chapter is concerned with the development of a technology-based business in one of
the harshest operating environments for private business anywhere in the world. The fact …

Former socialist economies provide a potentially rich context in which to examine the
relationship between government policies and entrepreneurial behaviour. The main aim of …

Politischen und rechtlichen Faktoren, welche die Handlungs-, Eigentums-und
Verfügungsrechte des Einzelnen festlegen, kommt eine Schlüsselbedeutung für das …