Global entrepreneurship: environment and strategy

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 influence 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 Definitions and types of entrepreneurial activity and their variations worldwide : Productive, unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship indicators : Entrepreneurial impacts indicators ; Determinants of entrepreneurship Becoming a successful entrepreneur in different countries Creating an entrepreneurial economy and society Case : Cellular phones and micro-entrepreneurship in developing countries 2. The entrepreneurial ecosystem and its components : 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 Case : The Colombian entrepreneurial ecosystem 3. Sources of entrepreneurial finance and their variation across the world : Availability and costs of bank financing The capital market Venture capital Microfinance : Size and structure of the global microfinance industry ; Profit-seeking microfinance 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 crowdsourcing Supply chain financing Informal financing sources : Informal equity funding ; Informal sources of debt financing International remittances as sources of entrepreneurial financing Case : Microfinance programs and village phone ladies 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 Case : Governments' export promotion strategies in EU economies

5. Entrepreneurship in post-socialist economies in the former Soviet Union and central and eastern Europe : 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 : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology

Case : Kaspersky Lab: from Russia with antivirus

6. Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies : 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 ; Government's dependence on businesses, and the merger of economic and political elites ; Dependence on western countries ; Ability to achieve economic development without reforms

Case: Cellular phones and entrepreneurship in the GCC economies

7; Entrepreneurship in Africa : 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 ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology

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

Case : Entrepreneurship in the African fisheries industries

8. Entrepreneurship in China : 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 technology

Case : Entrepreneurship in the Chinese clean technology industry

9. Entrepreneurship in India : 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 in India : Regulatory framework ; Values, culture and skills ; Access to finance, market, R&D and technology

Case : The entrepreneurial chief minister and Andhra Pradesh State's emergence as a global ICT hub

Appendix 1. Integrative cases (ICs)

Appendix 2. Online sources of global entrepreneurship-related data and statistics

Appendix 3. Preparing an international business plan (IBP).

1. Global entrepreneurship : the current status, definitions, types and measures

2. The entrepreneurial ecosystem and its components

3. Sources of entrepreneurial finance and their variation across the world

4. Entrepreneurship in OECD economics

5. Entrepreneurship in post-socialist economies in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe

6. Entrepreneurship in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies

7. Entrepreneurship in Africa

8. Entrepreneurship in China

9. Entrepreneurship in India

Appendix 1: Integrative Cases (ICs)

Appendix 2: Online sources of global entrepreneurship-related data and statistics

Appendix 3: Preparing an international business plan (IBP).