Youth Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Central and Eastern Europe

Download or read book Youth Entrepreneurship and Local Development in Central and Eastern Europe written by Paul Blokker and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyses the opportunities and barriers for youth entrepreneurship amid systemic change in Central and Eastern Europe. The authors cover different aspects of youth entrepreneurship and its contribution to the debate on youth unemployment in transition economies. The book discusses the wide-spread over-optimism regarding youth entrepreneurship, self-employment, and its impact on economic innovation and job creation, resulting from a disregard of critical contextual features and the characteristics of young entrepreneurs themselves. The authors give due acknowledgment of the importance of both factors and so fully understand the impediments to youth entrepreneurship, especially in a transition context. Most importantly, the book provides the first empirical contribution to youth entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe by offering a representative number of case studies.