'This groundbreaking exploration of the concept of necessity entrepreneurship cuts to the heart of the culture wars … entrepreneurship, microenterprise education and long-term economic development. An estimated one billion individuals in both developed … respective nations. This volume is the foundation upon which the budding discipline of necessity entrepreneurship can be built …

The contributors to this book look at the phenomenon of entrepreneurship in emerging regions in India, China, Ireland … general framework for understanding the relationship between economic development and entrepreneurship to more specific … of entrepreneurship in regions that do not have all of the classical prerequisites (such as financial and human capital …