Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries

✍ Scribed by Jovo Ateljević, Jelena Budak

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 238
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume analyzes the barriers to, as well as new drivers for, entrepreneurial development in post-communist countries. The contributors present various country studies, mainly in the Balkans region, and investigate entrepreneurial behavior and best practices, financial instruments, factors for the success of small and medium-sized companies, and related policy implications. The book will appeal to scholars, policymakers and professionals interested in entrepreneurial obstacles and challenges in the countries of the Balkans region.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction to “Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries: New Drivers Towards a Market Economy” (Jovo Ateljević, Jelena Budak)....Pages 1-7
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
The Influence of the Motives of Entrepreneurial Activity on Economic Growth of Developing Countries in Southeast Europe (Suzana Stefanović, Maja Ivanović-Đukić, Vinko Lepojević, Jovo Ateljević)....Pages 11-28
Financial Instruments for Boosting Entrepreneurship in Selected Post-Communist EU Countries (Mihaela Grubišić Šeba)....Pages 29-46
FDI Flows and Regional Development: Lessons for Transition Countries (Kurt A. Hafner, Jörn Kleinert)....Pages 47-59
Sources of Financing in the Process of Enterprise Restructuring Focusing on Transitional Countries (Drаgаn Мilоvаnоvić, Saša Vučenović, Igor Mišić)....Pages 61-75
Dominant Motives of Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Transitional Countries (Božidar Leković, Slobodan Marić)....Pages 77-97
The Distinctiveness of Female Entrepreneurship in Post-Transition Countries: The Case of Central Europe and the Baltic States (Jelena Petrović, Snežana Radukić)....Pages 99-114
The Local Economic Impact of Universities: An International Comparative Analysis (France and Hungary) (Balázs Kotosz, Marie-France Gaunard-Anderson, Miklós Lukovics)....Pages 115-131
Front Matter ....Pages 133-133
The Impact of Tangible and Intangible Assets on the SMEs’ Success: The Albanian Case (Ylvije Boriçi Kraja)....Pages 135-145
The Role of Networking in the Company’s Growth Process (Anamarija Delić, Julia Perić, Tihana Koprivnjak)....Pages 147-162
The Effect of EU Membership on Public Procurement for SMEs in Post-Transition Countries (Sunčana Slijepčević, Jelena Budak, Edo Rajh)....Pages 163-181
The Effect of Market Liquidity on the Company Value (Tajana Serdar Raković)....Pages 183-196
Assessing Entrepreneurial Intentions, Motivations and Barriers Amongst WBC Students Through Developing a Network of Co-Creative Centers–iDEA Labs (Petar Vrgović, Danijela Ćirić, Vladimir Todorović)....Pages 197-209
Ethical Behavior in the Context of Managerial Decision Making and Satisfaction of Employees: Lessons from the Experience of the Post-Transition Country (Ivana Bulog, Dženan Kulović, Ivan Grančić)....Pages 211-231

✦ Subjects

Economics; Development Economics; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Business Finance; Economic Systems