Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development in Post-Socialist Economies

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Entrepreneurship and SME growth: evidence from advanced and laggard transition economies (2011, background): “The most important feature of the environment, however, is the institutional framework within which a firm operates (Smallbone and Welter, 2009).”
All you need is trust? A critical review of the trust and entrepreneurship literature (2012, background): “However, it also restricts business development if entrepreneurs do not (dare to) go beyond a circle of trusted and known business partners (e.g. Welter and Smallbone, 2011; Smallbone and Welter, 2009a), instead relying on their old and trusted ties.”
Struggling with social capital: Pakistani women micro entrepreneurs’ challenges in acquiring resources (2017, background): “Due to institutional, cultural, and religious norms, women entrepreneurs would rely less on weak ties (cf. Tillmar 2006; Smallbone and Welter 2009).”
Contextualizing Entrepreneurship—Conceptual Challenges and Ways Forward (2011, background): “For example, the initial reforms in Central and Eastern European countries that allowed private enterprises to legally exist is an extreme illustration as to how changes in laws can create new opportunity fields for entrepreneurs (Smallbone & Welter, 2009).”