Over the past century, an extensive literature has developed, exploring the impact of entrepreneurship on economic performance. The active participation of entrepreneurs in virtually all aspects of business and economic activity has obliged policy makers within the global economy to consider...

Women's approach to economics and firms / Miguel-Ángel Galindo, Domingo Ribeiro, and Juan José Rubio -- Women's entrepreneurship and economic policies / Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee, Miguel-Ángel Galindo, and María Teresa Méndez -- Women, research, and entrepreneurship / Sahar Bahmani, Francisco...

The Journey: Navigating the COVID-19 Crisis -- Part I: The Future is Risky and Entrepreneurial -- Resilience Is the New Competitive -- Depths of Change: Ranging from Clubhouse to Game Changer -- Oxygenating Innovation? The Not-So-Brave New World of COVID-19? -- Part II: Economies Under Pressure:...

Part 1: Introduction to Agenda 2030 with various European example -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Insights on the Agenda 2030: a Spanish Overview -- 3. Cooperatives as a form of social entrepreneurship and their role in combating the climate crisis in Nordic agriculture -- 4. Social entrepreneurship as...

Entrepreneurship and growth are central concerns of policy makers around the world. Local Heroes in the Global Village introduces public policies for the promotion of entrepreneurship on a comparative, primarily German-American level. The book contributes to the debate what role public policies...

This book features latest research insights into the study of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The focus is on understanding its influence on the development of socially and physically defined ‘places’, and how these factors are related with each other. The book argues that regardless of how...

This volume discusses entrepreneurship education in Europe on the basis of in-depth case studies of related activities at twenty higher education institutions. Based on a model of entrepreneurship education, the analysis addresses curricular and extra-curricular teaching, as well as the...

Chapter One: General Introduction -- Chapter Two: Institutional Antecedents of Entrepreneurship and its Consequences on Economic Growth: A Systematic Literature Analysis -- Chapter Three: Social Progress Orientation and Entrepreneurship -- Chapter Four: The Effect of Entrepreneurial Activity on...

The volume presents and discusses a variety of recent developments and achievements in research on entrepreneurship. It aims at taking a systematic analysis of the theory and practice of entrepreneurship, especially in regard to nurturing strategic systems, governance arrangements, and...