Setting the stage for international research in entrepreneurship -- Learning together: national differences in entrepreneurship research -- Conceptual and empirical challenges in the study of firm growth -- The intersection of entrepreneurship and strategic management research -- Research Mimicking policy: entrepreneurship/small business policy research in the United States -- Government impacts on entrepreneurship -- SME policy in Europe -- Entrepreneurship in Germany -- Regulatory policies and their impact on SMEs in Europe: the case of administrative burdens -- The climate for entrepreneurship in European countries in transition -- Six steps to heaven: evaluating the impact of public policies to support small businesses in developed economies -- Financing growth -- Financing growth: recent developments in the European scene -- Informal venture capital and the financing of emergent growth businesses -- Venture capital and growth -- Venture capital financing of entrepreneurship: theory, empirical evidence and a research agenda -- Achieving growth: internal and external approaches -- Entrepreneurial teams and venture growth -- Managing growth transitions: theoretical perspectives and research directions -- Growth of technology-based new firms -- Entrepreneurship and high-technology clusters -- Networking and entrepreneurial growth -- An entrepreneurial slant to franchise research -- Remaining issues and suggestions for further research

1. Entrepreneurship -- Case studies