Phan (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, US), Venkataraman (U. of Virginia, US), Velamuri (China European International Business School, China) present ten papers from a 2006 academic conference
examining entrepreneurship in emerging economies around the world. The papers are organized into sections concerned with institutional determinants of entrepreneurship in emerging regions,
governmental and non-governmental organization influences on entrepreneurship in emerging regions, venture capital in entrepreneurial economies in emerging regions, and firm level responses to
entrepreneurial opportunities in emerging regions. Geographically, the studies are concerned with entrepreneurship in Ireland, Brazil, New York’s Silicon Alley, the Western Balkans, India,
Ireland, South Korea, China, the Thailand-Laos border region, and Indonesia. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
