Little is known about innovative and successful enterprises in the countries that, until 1990, were part of the Soviet Union. Most previous research has extensively covered barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation that exist in these countries, some of which undoubtedly represent a hostile...

This original selection of case studies from eight new EU member countries looks at the ability of entrepreneurs to develop innovative and successful firms in an environment of turbulent social and economic change

The aim of this paper is to provide a starting point for an international research project concerned with the nature of female entrepreneurship in the Ukraine, Moldova and Uzbekistan. The paper discusses the key issues to be investigated in the project. It contains the results of a literature...