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1 Global Entrepreneurship Environment and Strategy Nir Kshetri, PhD Routledge R Taylor & Francis Croup NEW YORK AND LONDON

2 Contents ILLUSTRATIONS PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS XIII XVII XXI 1 GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE CURRENT STATUS, DEFINITIONS, TYPES AND MEASURES A GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL REVOLUTION FAVORABLE ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITALISM AND SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESPONSES OF POLICY MAKERS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS YOUNG PEOPLE'S ENGAGEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP VARIOUS TYPES OF CAPITALISM AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES VARIATION IN ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE WORLD QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES MOTIVATION AND INTENDED GOALS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES GENDER BIAS AND OTHER TYPES OF DISPARITY IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EFFECTS OF POLITICAL, CULTURAL AND OTHER BROAD ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS 9 vii

3 viii CONTENTS 1.4 DEFINITIONS AND TYPES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY AND THEIR VARIATIONS WORLDWIDE PRODUCTIVE, UNPRODUCTIVE AND OBSTRUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENTREPRENEURSHIP INDICATORS ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPACTS INDICATORS DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP BecoMiNG A SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES CREATING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECONOMY AND SOCIETY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: CELLULAR PHONES AND MICRO-ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 31 2 THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM AND ITS COMPONENTS INTRODUCTION COMPARING NATURAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY IN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM POOR-QUALITY SPECIES AND PARASITES AND THEiR EFFECTS FEEDBACK SYSTEMS THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM THE ROLES OF POLICY AND REGULATION IN ENHANCING THE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM Two AFRICAN SUCCESS STORIES ON THE POLICY FRONT A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM: MOVING FROM PARTS TO THE WHOLE CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: THE COLOMBIAN ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM 59 3 SOURCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE AND THEIR VARIATION ACROSS THE WORLD INTRODUCTION AVAILABILITY AND COSTS OF BANK FINANCING THE CAPITAL MARKET VENTURE CAPITAL MICROFINANCE SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE GLOBAL MICROFINANCE INDUSTRY 84

4 CONTENTS ix PROFIT-SEEKING MlCROFINANCE PROGRAMS REPAYMENT RATES AND INTEREST RATES IN MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS MICROFINANCE AND WOMEN SOME CHALLENGES TO MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS ECONOMIC AID FROM NGOS AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES ACUMEN FUND'S COMBINATION OF VENTURE CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC AID CROWDFUNDING SOME EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL VENTURES THAT RAISED MONEY BY CROWDFUNDING SUPPLY CHAIN FINANCING ~ INFORMAL FINANCING SOURCES INFORMAL EQUITY FUNDING INFORMAL SOURCES OF DEBT FINANCING INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES AS SOURCES OF ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCING CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: MICROFINANCE PROGRAMS AND VILLAGE PHONE LADIES 99 4 ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN OECD ECONOMIES THE OECD IN RELATION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP THE NEWLY ACCESSED AND CANDIDATE COUNTRIES DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN OECD ECONOMIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND TECHNOLOGY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: GOVERNMENTS' EXPORT PROMOTION STRATEGIES IN EU ECONOMIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN POST-SOCIALIST ECONOMIES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE INTRODUCTION VARIATION ACROSS FSU&CEE ECONOMIES IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRODUCTIVE, UNPRODUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FSU&CEE ECONOMIES PRODUCTIVE MARKET ENTREPRENEURSHIP UNPRODUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN FSU&CEE ECONOMIES 152

5 X CONTENTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND T ECHNOLOGY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: KASPERSKY LAB FROM RUSSIA WITH ANTIVIRUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL ECONOMIES INTRODUCTION A SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE GCC REGION DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GCC ECONOMIES REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND TECHNOLOGY FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN RELATION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP THE GOVERNMENTS' REFORM MEASURES INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AGENTS SELECTIVE ADAPTATION THE "TRIPLE EMBEDDEDNESS" THESIS THE "HOLISTIC ORDER" AND THE "EXTENDED ORDER" WESTERN-EDUCATED LEADERS, TECHNOCRATS AND CITIZENS GOVERNMENTS' DEPENDENCE ON BUSINESSES, AND THE MERGER OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ELITES DEPENDENCE ON WESTERN COUNTRIES ABILITY To ACHIEVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT REFORMS CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: CELLULAR PHONES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE GCC ECONOMIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA INTRODUCTION A SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA POSITIVE AND ENCOURAGING SIGNS NATURAL RESOURCES AND THEIR RELATIONS To ENTREPRENEURSHIP DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS 228

6 CONTENTS Xi ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND T ECHNOLOGY FOREIGN COMPANIES' ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA ARBITRAGE STRATEGIES ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THE EXPLOITATION OF AFRICA'S RESOURCES BY FOREIGN MULTINATIONALS Low DEGREE OF LINKAGE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY WESTERN RESPONSE TO THE Low LEVEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN AFRICA CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE AFRICAN FISHERIES INDUSTRIES ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHINA INTRODUCTION A SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHINA SOME MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS EMERGENCE OF WORLD-CLASS ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS AND GLOBAL BRANDS INEQUALITIES IN INCOME AND WEALTH THE INFORMAL ECONOMY MOTIVATION OF CHINESE ENTREPRENEURS INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHANGES IN FORMAL INSTITUTIONS CHANGES IN INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CHINA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND T ECHNOLOGY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE.- ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE CHINESE CLEAN TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA INTRODUCTION A SURVEY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN INDIA ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE INDIAN ICT AND OFFSHORING SECTOR Low OVERALL ENTREPRENEURIAL PERFORMANCE LACK OF TRICKLEDOWN EFFECT AND SIGNS OF OLIGARCHIC CAPITALISM DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 288

7 xii CONTENTS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK VALUES, CULTURE AND SKILLS ACCESS TO FINANCE, MARKET, R&D AND T ECHNOLOGY CONCLUDING COMMENTS REVIEW QUESTIONS CRITICAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS END-OF-CHAPTER CASE: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHIEF MINISTER AND ANDHRA PRADESH STATE'S EMERGENCE AS A GLOBAL ICT HUB 299 APPENDIX 1 INTEGRATIVE CASES (ICS) 311 APPENDIX 2 ONLINE SOURCES OF GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP- RELATED DATA AND STATISTICS 335 APPENDIX 3 PREPARING AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PLAN (IBP) 341 INDEX 351

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