Entrepreneurship in BRICS

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Entrepreneurship as a Learning Process and Insights from the BRICS

   • Renata Lèbre La Rovere, Leonardo de Jesus Melo, Luiz de Magalhães Ozório, Claudio D’Ipolitto

   Pages 1-5

3. Entrepreneurial Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. The Brazilian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem of Startups: An Analysis of Entrepreneurship Determinants in Brazil and the Perceptions Around the Brazilian Regulatory Framework

      • Carlos Arruda, Vanessa Silva Nogueira, Afonso Cozzi, Vinícius Costa

      Pages 9-26

   3. Financing Innovation in Brazil: Recent Achievements and Future Challenges

      • Daniel Silveira Barreto, Luiz de Magalhães Ozório

      Pages 27-46

   4. Entrepreneurship and Venture Creation in Brazil: Key Policy Issues

      • Renata Lèbre La Rovere, Pedro Menezes Vilarinhos, Tainá Albuquerque Bravo de Souza

      Pages 47-63

   5. Key Elements of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Facilitating the Growth of ICT Entrepreneurs in Russia

      • Elena Pereverzeva

      Pages 65-90

   6. Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in China: Focusing on ICT Sectors

      • Youzhen Zhao, Yang Yang

      Pages 91-103

   7. Perception of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in India: Influence of Industrial Versus Personal Context of Entrepreneurs

      • Mathew J. Manimala, Princy Thomas, P. K. Thomas

      Pages 105-123

   8. Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation in Italy: Key Issues and Policy Directions

      • Fabio Corno, Richa Lal, Stefano Colombo

      Pages 125-140

4. Social Entrepreneurship

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Business Model Innovation in Emerging Economies: Leveraging Institutional Voids

      • Manas Puri, Ernesto Tavoletti, Corrado Cerruti

      Pages 143-161

   3. Entrepreneurship in Rocinha: A Non Goal-Driven Activity

      • Isabella Nunes Pereira, Roberto Bartholo

      Pages 163-175

5. Innovation Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. A Literature Review of E-Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Positioning Research on Latin American Digital Startups

      • Gerardo Quinones, Brian Nicholson, Richard Heeks

      Pages 179-208

   3. A Study on Entrepreneurial Support Environment in Educational (Technical) Institutions

      • Savitha G. Lakkol, Nalina K. B., Aruna Adarsh

      Pages 209-223

   4. Resource Endowment from Parent Organization to Academic Spin-Offs: The Case of the COPPE/UFRJ

      • Thiago Renault, José Manoel Carvalho de Mello

      Pages 225-237

   5. Development, Entrepreneurial Activity and Industrial Extension

      • Heitor Soares Mendes, Lia Hasenclever

      Pages 239-253

6. Back Matter

   Pages 255-266

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This book presents selected articles that discuss important issues related to entrepreneurship in Brazil, Russia, India and China as well as contributions from authors whose countries have a tradition on entrepreneurship support, such as Italy and the UK. The articles were presented and discussed in a conference on Entrepreneurship in Brazil in November 2013 organized by the Institute of Economics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and IBMEC Business School. This book covers four essential themes: financing entrepreneurs, innovation environments, social entrepreneurship and e-entrepreneurship.

• BRICS
• Brazil
• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation environments
• Small and medium-sized enterprises
• Support policies

• Institute of Economics, Federal University of Rio de, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Renata Lèbre La Rovere

• Management Department, IBMEC- RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Luiz de Magalhães Ozório

• Technology Park, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Leonardo de Jesus Melo

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