Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies

1. Introduction to “Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies”
Jovo Ateljević, Jelena Trivić

Part I. Business Environment in Transition Economies

2. Is Culture an Underpinning or Undermining Factor in the Business Environment of the Transitional Countries?
Ružica Šimić Banović

3. Restrictive External Factors and Their Influence to the Business Environment in the Republic of Srpska
Zoran Lukić, Predrag Đurić, Boris Novarlić

4. Assessing the Impact of Public Financial Support to Small and Medium Enterprises: An Empirical Study from the Republic of Srpska, BiH
Jadranka Petrović

5. The Public Procurement System: A Business Sector Perspective
Jelena Budak, Edo Rajh

6. The Role of Higher Education in a Knowledge Economy
Sabina Đonlagić, Adil Kurtić

Part II. Entrepreneurship and Transition Experiences

7. Economic Reform and Entrepreneurship in Vietnam: A Policy Perspective
Quan Anh Nguyen, Gillian Sullivan Mort

8. Researching the Entrepreneurial Sector in Serbia
Jovo Ateljević, Suzana Stefanović, Maja Ivanović-Đukić, Vesna Janković-Milić

9. Innovation and Firm-Performance Correlations: The Case of Central and South Eastern Europe Countries
Hyrije Abazi-Alili, Veland Ramadani, Shqipe Gërguri-Rashiti

10. Psychological Climate in the Organization: A Determinant of Entrepreneurial Behavior
Božidar Leković, Slobodan Marić

11. Financing Preferences of European SMEs
Mihaela Grubišić Šeba

12. The Role of Human Resource Management in Small and Medium Sized Companies in Central-Eastern Europe
Gizela Štangl Šušnjar, Agneš Slavić, Nemanja Berber, Bojan Leković

Part III. Particular Fields of Entrepreneurship Development

13. Venture Capital Funds in Transition Countries: An Empirical Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Saša Petković, Jovo Ateljević, Irena Narić

14. The Boundaries of Coopetition: A Case Study of Polish Companies Operating in the High-Tech Sector
Joanna Cygler, Włodzimierz Sroka

15. Entrepreneurial Learning and Communities of Practice: The Case of the Cross-Border Cultural Tourism Development Bulgaria–Romania
Liliya Terzieva

16. Present State and Perspectives of Entrepreneurial Financing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bahrija Umihanić, Meldina Kokorović Jukan, Amra Nuhanović

Keywords: Business and Management, Entrepreneurship, Development Economics, Economic Systems, Innovation/Technology Management