Trust and Entrepreneurship

A West–East Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID19905575
AuthorsHans‐Hermann Höhmann
EditorsHans-Hermann Hohmann, Friederike Welter (0000-0003-4831-9523)
Year2005
Publication date2005-11-25
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTrust and Entrepreneurship (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4337/9781845428099
OpenAlexW3146459484
Open LibraryOL22717696M
ISBN9781845428099
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Contents: Introduction Part I: Concepts, Evolution, Measurements 1. The Concept of Trust: Some Notes on Definitions, Forms and Sources 2. Culture versus Branch? Looking at Trust and Entrepreneurial Behaviour from a Cultural and Sectoral Perspective 3. The Dark Side of Trust: Corruption and Entrepreneurship - A Cross-National Comparison between Emerging and Mature Market Economies 4. Social Capital in Western and Eastern Europe 5. A Societal View: The Institutionalism of Trust 6. Measuring Trust and Trustworthiness Part II: Trust and Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Transition Environments 7. Trust-Building in Different Forms of Systemic Transition 8. Establishing Trust in a Distrustful Society: The Case of Russian Business 9. Trust-Milieus of Russian SMEs: Cross-regional Comparisons 10. The Effect of Trust in Courts on the Performance of Ukrainian SMEs 11. Emergence of and Changes in Trust in SMEs in Estonia 12. Trust as a Matter of Experiences? Findings from the ICT Sector of East Germany and Poland Part III: Trust and Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Mature Market Economies 13. Trust in Small-firm Business Networks in East and West Germany 14. Trust, Co-operation and Networking in an Immigrant Business Community: The Case of Chinese-owned Businesses in the UK 15. Global Competition and Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Industrial Districts: Trust Relations in an Italian Industrial District 16. Local Policies and Trust Relations: The Case of the Vato Territorial Pact Index

Business · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Language change · Political science · Social capital · Social Capital and Networks · Organizational behavior · Small business