The Emergence and Evolution of Markets examines the development of markets based on empirical examples from Western economies and from the post-socialist economies of Eastern Europe. It provides an historical dimension to the present problems of transition.

This groundbreaking book discusses the significance of a microeconomic approach to the transformation process in Eastern Europe from a theoretical and empirical perspective. It reveals that microeconomic conditions constitute the framework for the successful restructuring and recovery of the...

The Economic Impact of New Firms in Post-Socialist Countries analyses the emergence and contribution of new entrepreneurs in the transforming economies of Eastern Europe. Small firms and new enterprises are widely assumed to play an important role in the process of economic development and...

This contribution is concerned with the real economy effects of the current global crisis in Central East Europe. It analyses the way that the global financial crisis has transmitted into Central East Europe (contagion) by focussing on the drying up of capital inflows (in particular foreign...

"Start-ups of new businesses can influence employment in different ways. The indirect effects, particularly improvements of competitiveness that may result from the entry of new competitors, are often more important than the employment in the new businesses. Recent empirical studies have shown...

F<sc>ritsch</sc> M. and W<sc>yrwich</sc> M. The long persistence of regional levels of entrepreneurship: Germany, 1925-2005, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper investigates the persistent levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The...

K<sc>auffeld</sc>-M<sc>onz</sc> M. and F<sc>ritsch</sc> M. Who are the knowledge brokers in regional systems of innovation? A multi-actor network analysis, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. The discussion on regional innovation systems emphasizes the duality of local and global links. This empirical analysis of eighteen German regional...

F<sc>ritsch</sc> M. and S<sc>torey</sc> D. J. Entrepreneurship in a regional context: historical roots, recent developments and future challenges, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper reviews research on regional new business formation published in four special issues of <italic>Regional Studies</italic> over a period of 30 years. It is...