Miguel-Angel Galindo & Joaquin Guzman 
Entrepreneurship and Business 
A Regional Perspective

Miguel-Ángel Galindo Martín, Joaquín Guzman Cuevas and Domingo Ribeiro Soriano University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain The economic growth and the progress of the nations have been two issues that have worried to the economists during centuries. The classical eco- mics books have developed different theories and considered several f- tors that could explain those processes. Unfortunately, a single answer has not been obtained and nowadays economists try also to achieve a response to the mechanism of economic growth. Economic growth has been considered as one of the most relevant e- nomic policy. As it is well known, the validity of an economic policy is measured in terms of economic growth rate. It is supposed that those countries that obtain a higher economic growth rate are designing more efficient economic policies than those that show lower rates. The main corollary to this hypothesis is that the developing countries must follow and copy the economic policies designed by the developed countries.

Cuprins

Entrepreneurship in the Regional Context.- A General View on Regional Economics.- Issues in Regional Economics: The Economic Thought of Some Italian Authors of the Past.- Entrepreneurial Structure From a Regional Perspective.- Entrepreneurship and Growth: The Need to Combine Micro and Macro Perspectives.- Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context: The Case of Spanish Regions.- The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: A Review of Recent Research Achievements.- Networking and Entrepreneurship in Place.- The Quest for a New Development Policy.- Entrepreneurial Perspective of the Business.- Clusters and Business Innovation.- Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Transition Environments.- Successful Rural Hosted Accommodation in Western Australia: Gender Matters.- Universidad Social Capital and the Competitiveness of Entrepreneurs: A Review of the Literature and Proposals.- Entrepreneur and Organization: Symbiotic Change and Transition.- Female Entrepreneurship.