This collection of seventeen articles on entrepreneurism and economic development presents a detailed examination of multiple facets of small business and start up development and explores the
ways in which entrepreneurial businesses interact with the wider economy. Essays discuss such topics as the entrepreneurial process and the learning process, value evaluation, processes in
entrepreneurial decision making, supporting intensive innovation, innovation and life cycle, venture capitalists as financial intermediaries, and entrepreneur-venture capitalist relationships.
The volume is translated from an original French publication. Contributors include academics in management, marketing and related fields from primarily French institutions. Distributed by
International Publishers Marketing (IPM). Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
