Fayolle (entrepreneurship, EMYLON Business School, France) and Todorov (industrial management and entrepreneurship, U. of National and World Economy, Bulgaria) present 12 papers from a
conference bringing together entrepreneurship researchers and practitioners from Eastern Europe in order to examine challenges and opportunities of European entrepreneurship. Topics are varied,
but include Joseph Schumpeter's analysis of the place of the entrepreneur in the capitalist process, the importance of social entrepreneurship for cross-border business cooperation, the impact
of culture on a firm's entrepreneurial orientation and behavior, the social and institutional entrepreneurship of non-governmental organizations, knowledge creation and management in an Italian
biotech startup, board network characteristics and company performance in Sweden, and the creation and development of competitive advantage in the case of Bulgarian technology-based small and
medium enterprises. Annotation 穢2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
