Leading sociologists, economists, and political scientists here analyze current changes in Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on a range of contemporary perspectives (such as evolutionary economics, and network analysis) they question many of the assumptions associated with the notion of...

The twinned challenge for entrepreneurial groups is recognizing new ideas and implementing them. In one view, connectivity reaching outside the group channels new ideas while closure makes it possible to act on them. We argue that entrepreneurship is not about importing information but about...