Government and entrepreneurship in transition economies: the case of small firms in business services in Ukraine

David Smallbone, Friederike Welter, Artem Voytovich and Igor Egorov
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Igor Yegorov

The Service Industries Journal, 2008, vol. 30, issue 5, 655-670

Abstract: Governments play a particularly important role for entrepreneurship development in a transition context, particularly with respect to their role in creating the institutional framework that enables and/or constrains entrepreneurship. This article explores how institutional change in Ukraine, resulting in institutional deficiencies, triggered new opportunities for small firms in the emerging business services sector. Drawing on data from a survey and in-depth case studies, the article illustrates the distinctive, albeit transient, nature of opportunities for business services firms in a turbulent environment, where government has yet to fully implement an effective institutional framework for productive entrepreneurship.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/02642060802253876

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