Asko Miettinen Knihy

First published in 1997, the authors of the present volume provide brand new insights and empirical findings in the field of entrepreneurship and small business research. The writers have highlighted three different key themes: entrepreneurship; start-ups and growth and internationalisation. The priority of most countries is growth, competitiveness and employment. In this context, the relevance of promoting the creation of new enterprises and understanding the very nature and development of newly created and existing SMEs is becoming more important today. The role of entrepreneurship and SMEs for economic and social development, welfare and well-being is going to be emphasised more than ever before. The same holds for research in these fascinating fields. This book gives an idea of the state of the art for the time being with its increasing conceptual, methodological and empirical complexity and diversity.

The 10th Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference was held at Tampere University of Technology in Finland from 10th-12th July 2000. The programme featured keynote speeches, plenaries, work-shops and concurrent presentations. The conference attracted 80 delegates from 19 countries both from Europe and overseas. More than 30 papers were presented during the conference covering a wide range of issues in the area of entrepreneurship education and training. This book consists of a selection of papers presented in the conference. There are 18 contributions coming from three continents: Europe, North America and Africa. The writers represent 10 different nationalities. The general structure of the present book is divided into three parts as follows: Part I: Entrepreneurship education and training: curriculum, pedagogical and didactic aspects Part II: Entrepreneurship education and training: a theme and variations Part III: Entrepreneurship education and training as a revitaliser of economies in transition.