Discusses the role of globalization and the knowledge based economy as causes of increased entrepreneurship and … unemployment: increased entrepreneurship decreases unemployment while increased unemployment stimulates entrepreneurship … of the world. Entrepreneurship is essential to developing this comparative advantage. Because knowledge-based economic …

This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be … stages of this strategic shift. -- Knowledge-based economy ; Entrepreneurship ; Transition ; Post-communist ; SMEs ; Case … studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six ECE countries, we suggest that KBE firms in these countries may differ in …

design (and redesign) for entrepreneurship in innovation-driven knowledge economy. … encouraging, supporting, and advancing knowledge production (research, research and experimental development, R&D) and knowledge … of its employees (and their competences) as a potential opportunity and asset to perform creatively in knowledge …

Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design …/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank’s index of KE … towards knowledge based economies, the line of inquiry is timely. Second, investigating the nexus may have substantial poverty …

Following the broad overview of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries … counterparts in other European countries. -- Knowledge-based economy ; Entrepreneurship ; Transition ; Post-communist ; SMEs … role of "knowledge customizers" rather than "knowledge creators"; in an international comparison, even with other post …