Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / by Alvarez A. L. Mesquita and R. Vassolo -- Entrepreneurial theory and uncertain environments -- Can organizing a firm create new economic value? / by S. Alvarez and Jay Barner -- How entrepreneurs create wealth in transition economies / by M. Peng and S. Shekshnia -- International entrepreneurship in emerging economies : a resource-based perspective / by R. Duane Ireland -- National context and new enterprises -- Entrepreneurship in developing countries / A. Cooper and X. Yin -- How much does country matter? / by L. Brito and Vasconcelos -- Do cluster matter to entrepreneurship and development? theoretical perspectives and Latin American empirical studies / by H. Rocha -- The political foundations of inter-firm networks and social capital : a post-communist lesson / by Gerald McDermott -- External networks of entrepreneurial teams and high technology venture performance in emerging markets / by B. Vissa and A. Chacar -- Entrepreneurial innovation in standards based industries : insights from Indian IT product firms / by T. Madanmohan.