Comparative Entrepreneurship Initiatives

1. Introduction to Comparative Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Chikako Usui

Section I. History of Entrepreneurship

2. A Historical View of Chinese Entrepreneurship
David Faure

3. Entrepreneurs and Managers in the Development of Japanese Business
Tsunehiko Yui, Richard A. Colignon

4. Entrepreneurship and Social Change in the United States: Dynamic Stages, Historical Lessons
David B. Sicilia

Section II. Institutional Environment of Entrepreneurship

5. Dancing with Change: An Co-evolutionary Perspective for Private Entrepreneurship during China’s Institutional Transitions
Yuli Zhang, Bing Ren, Guochen Du, Jun Yang

6. Academic Spin-offs in Japan: Institutional Revolution and Early Outcomes
Nobuyuki Harada, Hitoshi Mitsuhashi

7. The Social Context for High-Potential Entrepreneurship in the United States: An Historical-Institutional Perspective
David M. Hart

Section III. Culture and Entrepreneurship

8. Does Stage Matter in Chinese New Ventures? The Roles of Learning, Network, and Corporate Entrepreneurship in Building Cultural Competitiveness
Shuming Zhao, Chunyan Jiang

9. The Stigma of Failure and Limited Opportunities for Ex-failed Entrepreneurs’ Redemption in Japan
Hitoshi Mitsuhashi, Allan Bird

Part IV. Case Studies of Entrepreneurship

10. Success Factors in Applying Co-creation of the Voice of the Customer as a Strategy of Social Innovation by Japanese Services Entrepreneurs: The Case of Takayuki Nakagawa (Take & Give Needs and Urban Funes)
Carl Kay

11. Koots Green Tea
Armand Gilinsky, Wakako Kusumoto

Avainsanat: Business and Management, International Business, Small Business, Business Strategy/Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Innovation/Technology Management, Development Economics