Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Diffusion of Startups addresses, for the first time, the emerging notion of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Chapters from leading scholars in the fields of entrepreneurship and strategy explore new ideas and provoke debate in both academia and practice. Covering...

The volume presents and discusses a variety of recent developments and achievements in research on entrepreneurship. It aims at taking a systematic analysis of the theory and practice of entrepreneurship, especially in regard to nurturing strategic systems, governance arrangements, and...

Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship -- Initially Distracted: The Influence of Boards on Agency Costs in Initial Public Offering (IPO) Firms -- Horizontal and Vertical Relationships in Developing Economies: Implications for SMEs’ Access to Global Markets -- Corporate Governance Systems:...