The contributors to this book provide a cross national comparison of venture emergence, newness & growth. With a particular focus on Norway & the US, the chapters examine the influences of cultural, social & economic factors on venture development

The paper builds on the understanding of context as suggested by Welter (2011) who introduced different dimensions of context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the...