pt. 1. Contextualizing the link between factors and effects of new firms' formation -- pt. 2. Understanding the importance of access to finance and to available support systems -- pt. 3. Accounting for the interplay between the individual and the organizational levels and the firm's behaviour...

Contents: Part I: Entrepreneurship and formal and informal institutions -- 1. Understanding the drivers of an 'entrepreneurial' economy: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands / Hiroyuki Okamuro, André van Stel and Ingrid Verheul -- 2. Hofstede's cultural dimensions and modes of entry into...