Context is everything in entrepreneurship research. This book compellingly demonstrates the ways in which the distinctive European cultural, societal and geographic environments enable research into new entrepreneurial phenomena. It also gives guidance as to how future research should endeavour to understand the influences of context.

Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: Establishing new frontiers for European entrepreneurship research Ulla Hytti, Robert Blackburn and Silke Tegtmeier 2. Migrant entrepreneurship: Taking stock and moving forward Trevor Jones, Monder Ram and María Villares-Varela 3. The role of trust and bridging social capital in immigrant business owners’ start-up process Satu Aaltonen and Elisa Akola 4. Is what´s good for business good for society? Entrepreneurship in a school setting. Karin Axelsson, Linda Höglund and Maria Mårtensson 5. Cultural repertoires of the division of labour market and family responsibilities between Slovak entrepreneurial couples and their gendered nature Marie Pospíšilová 6. Do dreams always come true? Daughters’ expectations and experience in family business succession Francesca Maria Cesaroni and Annalisa Sentuti 7. Building Dynamic Capabilities - Chairperson’s leadership, knowledge and experience in SMEs Daniel Yar Hamidi 8. Co-creating strategy between independent consultants in a micro-firm context Tanja Lepistö, Satu Aaltonen and Ulla Hytti 9. Empirical exploration of a cohort of new technology-based firms in Sweden: what happens to them during their early years? Heikki Rannikko, Erno Tornikoski, Anders Isaksson, Hans Löfsten and Hanna Rydehell Index