Edited by Hans Landström, Professor Emeritus in Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden, Hans Crijns, Professor, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Eddy Laveren, Professor, University of Antwerp and Antwerp Management School, Belgium and the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK