Arnold Cooper & Sharon Alvarez 
Entrepreneurial Strategies 
New Technologies in Emerging Markets

This book presents a series of studies from different scholars,
looking at entrepreneurial strategies and innovation in emerging
market economies.

* Represents the view of the entrepreneur in local as well as
multinational corporations.

* Focuses on how entrepreneurial activities can take advantage of
new technologies in emerging market economies.

* Considers how companies operating in EMEs can cope with the
main environmental constraints.

* Written in an accessible style, free from jargon, and does not
require any prior technical knowledge.

Table of Content

Notes on Contributors.

List of Figures.

List of Tables.

1. Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economics (Sharon
A. Alvarez, Luiz F. Mesquita and Roberto S. Vassolo).

PART I. ENTREPRENEURIAL THEORY AND UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS.

2. Can Organizing a Firm Create New Economic Value (Sharon A.
Alvarez and Jay B. Barney).

3. How Entrepreneurs Create Wealth in Transition Economies (Mike
W. Peng).

4. International Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: A
Resource-Based Perspective (R. Duane Ireland and Justin W.
Webb).

PART II. NATIONAL CONTEXT AND NEW ENTERPRISES.

5. Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (Arnold C. Cooper
and Xiaoli Yin).

6. How Much Does Country Matter (Luiz A. Brito and Flávio
C. Vasconcelos).

7. The Entrepreneurship and Clusters Foundations of Development:
Theoretical Perspectives and Latin American Empirical Studies
(Hector O. Rocha).

8. The Political Foundations of Inter-Firm Networks and Social
Capital: A Post-Communist Lesson (Gerald A. Mc Dermott).

9. External Networks of Entrepreneurial Teams and High
Technology Venture Performance in Emerging Markets (Balagopal Vissa
and Aya S. Chacar).

10. Entrepreneurial Innovation in Standards-Based Industries:
Insights from Indian IT Product Firms (T.R. Madanmohan).

Author Index.

Subject Index.

About the author

Arnold C. Cooper is Louis A. Weil Jr. Professor of
Management at Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue
University.

Sharon A. Alvarez is Assistant Professor of Management
and Human Resources at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State
University.

Alejandro A. Carrera is Professor of Strategic Management
at IAE Business School, Universidad Austral, Argentina.

Luiz F. Mesquita is Assistant Professor of Strategic
Management in the School of Global Management and Leadership at
Arizona State University.

Roberto S. Vassolo is Assistant Professor of Business
Policy and Strategy at IAE Business School, Universidad Austral,
Argentina.