Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Post Socialist Economie

Informationen zum Autor David Smallbone, Friederike Welter Klappentext This book examines entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and key countries of Eastern Europe, showing how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy. For each of the countries examined - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and Estonia - the book reviews the progress of market reforms within the wider context of social and economic transformation, surveys the development of entrepreneurship and small firms so far, and assesses the role of government in the process, and the strengths and weaknesses of the small business sector. Zusammenfassung Examining entrepreneurship and small business in Russia and the key countries of Eastern Europe, this book shows how far small businesses have developed, and discusses how far 'market reforms' and a market mentality have been taken up by ordinary people in the real everyday economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part A: Setting The Scene 2. Entrepreneurship, SME Development and the Transformation Process 3. Entrepreneurship In Transition Economies: A Conceptual Review Part B: Entrepreneurship And Small Business Development in Former Soviet Republics 4 Employment in New and Small Firms: The Example of the Russian Federation 5. Coping with Adversity: The Case of Belarus 6. Innovation and Entrepreneurship under Transition Conditions: The Example of the Ukraine Part C: Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Central and Eastern Europe 7. Poland: EU Accession and Entrepreneurship Development 8. From the Former Soviet Union to Membership of the European Union: The Case of Estonia 9. Conclusions

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• Authors: Smallbone David, David Smallbone, David Welter Smallbone, SMALLBONE DAVID WELTER FRIEDERIKE, Professor David Smallbone, Dr Friederike Welter, Professor David Welter Smallbone, David (Small Business Research Centre Smallbone, Friederike Welter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 25.07.2008
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780415336536
• ISBN: 978-0-415-33653-6
• Pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Studies in Small Business; Routledge Studies in Small Business; Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies; Interdisciplinary studies