Foreword by Hans Landström
Part I: Conceptual framework
Chapter 1: Introduction: entrepreneurship development and internationalization in Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Danica Purg, Arnis Sauka and Tõnis Mets
Chapter 2: Internationalisation and European small- and medium- sized enterprises
David Smallbone and Hang Do
Part II: Entrepreneurs re-shaping industries: markets, products and services
Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship development through internationalisation in Latvia: the case of Laima: born sweet and global
Arnis Sauka
Chapter 4: The internationalization of Viciunai Group: a case from LithuaniaOsvaldas Stripeikis and Irena Bakanauskienė
Chapter 5: Entrepreneurship development and internationalisation in Belarus: the case of transport company TTC KristallTrans
Alena Apiakun and Tõnis Mets
Part III: Born to become global
Chapter 6: Entrepreneurial developments toward knowledge economy in Estonia: the case of Fits Me – venture-capital-backed startup going global
Tõnis Mets
Chapter 7: Born Poland, gone global: the case of successful Polish ICT company Aiton Caldwell
Ewa Lechman
Chapter 8: Entrepreneurship development and internationalization in Serbia: a case study of ComTrade and NordeusSanja Marinkovic, Jovana Rakičević, Milica Jovanović and Jasna Petković
Chapter 9: Business internationalization: a case study of Telegrafia from Slovakia Peter Džupka and Miriam Šebová
Part IV: Entrepreneurs-innovators going international
Chapter 10: The internationalisation of Richter Gedeon, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company, and entrepreneurship in Hungary
Katalin Antalóczy and Magdolna Sass
Chapter 11: Entrepreneurship and the internationalization process of Hidria – a Hidden Champion company from Slovenia
Danica Purg, Iztok Seljak and Alenka Braček Lalić
Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship and dental industry development in Ukraine: the case of dental clinic Apollonia entering international markets
Irina Tykhomyrova, Nataliya Golovkina and Mykola Radlinskyy
Part V: Conclusions and implications
Chapter 13: Twenty-five years of transition: entrepreneurial activities from homeland to borderless opportunities
Tõnis Mets