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This contributed volume explores and reveals the dynamics, strengths and weaknesses, trends and implications of entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Presenting papers by respected experts in the field, it shares essential insights on the status quo of...

Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a complex synergy of factors, including social and structural changes that are frequently cumulative within territories, promoting the improvement of citizens’ quality of life and higher development levels. Further, dynamic territories are characterized by...

This book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and...

Die Markt- und Branchenlandschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahren stark verändert: Ein Megatrend jagt den nächsten, die Wettbewerbsdichte erhöht sich stetig. Die Unternehmensvernetzung wird zunehmend relevant und es ist zu vermuten, dass Kooperationen mit Start-up-Unternehmen einen...

Nadine Scholz shows that crowdfunding potentially shortens the development cycle of new products, thus enabling an earlier market entry. Hence, crowdfunding serves as a multifaceted early-stage support instrument for innovation implementation facilitated by the crowd's resources. It not only...

1 Taiwan's Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship and its Incubating Factors (with Ho-Don Yan and Shan-Yu Chen) -- 2 A Model of a Small Family Business in Taiwan -- 3 Uncertainty, Learning and Error Elimination: Taiwanese Entrepreneurs in Mainland China -- 4 Taiwan's Entrepreneurs...

On April 5, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, better known as the JOBS Act. The act is designed to “reopen American capital markets to small companies,” defined in the act as Emerging Growth Companies. This is one of the most significant legislative...

Relevante Unterschiede zwischen Wachstumsunternehmen und etablierten Unternehmen -- Wesentliche Grundlagen und Elemente von Lean Startup -- Ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung -- Handlungsempfehlungen für die Anwendung von Lean Startup in Konzernen und Mittelstandsunternehmen.