Entrepreneurship, competitiveness and local development : frontiers in European entrepreneurship research ; [selected papers presented at the annual Research in Entrepreneurship (RENT) Conference, RENT XIX, which was held in Naples in November 2005]

1. Venture capital financing and the growth of new technology-based firms : what comes first? -- 2. Unemployment in a model of entrepreneurship in Belgium : empirical evidence from the global entrepreneurship monitor -- 3. Do entry barriers, perceived by SMEs, affect real entry? : some evidence from the Netherlands -- 4. Traits versus attitudes in predicting future entrepreneurship -- 5. Prediction or control? : exploring the influence of career experience and career motives on entrepreneurial decision making -- 6. Start-ups in the Netherlands : a longitudinal study on the factors for growth -- 7. A gender analysis of the supply of, and demand for, new venture finance in Ireland -- 8. Organization context and knowledge management in SMEs : a study of Dutch. technology-based firms -- 9. Refugee entrepreneurship : the case of Belgium -- 10. The role of gender for entrepreneurship in a transition context -- 11. The impact of the venture capitalists' service and monitoring activities on control systems and performance of entrepreneurial firms.