Includes bibliographical references and index.

Excess entry and entrepreneurial decisions: the role of overconfidence / Philipp Koellinger, Mari Minniti, and Christian Schade -- Understanding the gender gap in entrepreneurship: a multicountry examination / I. Elaine Allen and Nan S. Langowitz -- Defining and identifying family entrepreneurship: a new view of entrepreneurs / Ramona K. Zachary, Edward G. Rogoff, and Ivory Phinisee -- Investor altruism: financial returns from informal investments in businesses owned by relatives, friends, and strangers / William D. Bygrave and Niels Bosma -- The contribution of migrants and ethnic minorities to entreprenseurship in the United Kingdom / Jonathan Levie and Mark Hart -- Entrepreneurship in world cities / Zoltan Acs, Niels Bosma, and Rolk Sternberg -- Interregional disparities, entrepreneurship, and EU regional policy / Rolk Sternberg -- Entrepreneurship in transition economies: the role of institutions and generational change / Saul Estrin and Tomasz Mickiewicz -- Poverty and entrepreneurship in developing countries Jose Ernesto Amoros and Oscar Cristi -- Ambitious entrepreneurship, high-growth firms, and macroeconomic growth / Erik Stam, Chantal Hartog, Andre van Stel, and Roy Thurik -- High-aspiration entrepreneurship / Erkko Autio -- Entrepreneurship and the decision to export / Ken Jones and Megan McDonald Way.