Entrepreneurship and small business development in post-socialist economies
| Titel: | Entrepreneurship and small business development in post-socialist economies / David Smallbone and Friederike Welter |
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| Veröffentlicht: | London [u.a.] : Routledge, 2009 |
| Umfang: | XI, 276 S. |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Routledge studies in small business ; 14 |
| ISBN: | 0415336538 ; 9780415336536 |
| Hinweise zum Inhalt: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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X
- List of illustrations
- p. x
- 1
- Introduction
- p. 1
- Aims of the book in context
- p. 1
- The research approach
- p. 2
- Methodological perspectives
- p. 5
- The rest of the book
- p. 8
- Part I
- Setting the scene
- p. 9
- 2
- Entrepreneurship, SME development and the transformation process
- p. 11
- Introduction
- p. 11
- Processes of market reform
- p. 12
- Variation in the pace of transformation
- p. 20
- The roles of entrepreneurship and SMEs in the transformation process
- p. 24
- Public policy and the development of entrepreneurship
- p. 30
- Concluding remarks
- p. 37
- 3
- Entrepreneurship in transition economies: a conceptual review
- p. 38
- Perspectives on entrepreneurship
- p. 38
- Key influences on entrepreneurship in transition conditions
- p. 40
- Entrepreneurship from an individual perspective
- p. 47
- The embeddedness of entrepreneurship in a transition context
- p. 53
- The entrepreneurial process in transition conditions
- p. 60
- Outlook
- p. 65
- Part II
- Entrepreneurship and small business development in former Soviet republics
- p. 67
- 4
- Employment in new and small firms: the example of the Russian Federation
- p. 69
- Introduction
- p. 69
- Market reforms and the development of private entrepreneurship
- p. 69
- Who are the Russian entrepreneurs?
- p. 74
- Government policies and SME support: the environment for SME development
- p. 75
- Patterns of employment in small Russian firms
- p. 77
- Job quality in Russian SMEs
- p. 86
- Employment relations and human resource issues in Russian SMEs
- p. 91
- Conclusions
- p. 100
- 5
- Coping with adversity: the case of Belarus
- p. 102
- Introduction
- p. 102
- Progress with market reforms
- p. 102
- Development of the private sector during the transition period
- p. 104
- Regional variations in SME development
- p. 109
- Role of government in the development of the private sector and support needs of SMEs
- p. 113
- Entrepreneurial behaviour and SME strategies in the context of institutional deficiencies
- p. 117
- Conclusions
- p. 127
- 6
- Innovation and entrepreneurship under transition conditions: the example of Ukraine
- p. 129
- Introduction
- p. 129
- Economic development and SMEs during the 1990s
- p. 129
- Policies to support SME development
- p. 134
- Patterns of innovation in Ukrainian SMEs
- p. 136
- Innovation processes in SMEs
- p. 146
- Innovating in a transition context: towards a market-oriented innovation system?
- p. 151
- Conclusions
- p. 158
- Part III
- Entrepreneurship and small business development in Central and Eastern Europe
- p. 161
- 7
- Poland: entrepreneurship development and EU accession
- p. 163
- Introduction
- p. 163
- The development of SMEs in Poland
- p. 163
- Contemporary characteristics of the SME sector
- p. 169
- The role of government in SME development
- p. 171
- Implications of EU accession for Polish SMEs
- p. 178
- SME development in rural areas
- p. 183
- Concluding remarks
- p. 186
- 8
- From the former Soviet Union to membership of the European Union: the case of Estonia
- p. 187
- Introduction
- p. 187
- The context
- p. 187
- The development of the SME sector
- p. 190
- An open economy with export-oriented SMEs
- p. 194
- Developing an institutional framework
- p. 197
- Government policy and SME development
- p. 202
- The state of the SME sector at the time of EU accession
- p. 207
- Conclusions
- p. 219
- Part IV
- The way forward
- p. 223
- 9
- Conclusions
- p. 225
- Diversity of experience along a common path
- p. 225
- Implications for entrepreneurship theory
- p. 227
- Entrepreneurship and public policy
- p. 231
- Final thoughts
- p. 235
- Appendix
- Summary of the main research projects referred to in the book
- p. 236
- Notes
- p. 244
- Bibliography
- p. 248
- Index
- p. 273
