Entrepreneurial Icebreakers: Insights and Case Studies from Internationally Successful Central and Eastern European Entrepreneurs

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies....Pages 9-18
Overcoming Start-Up Challenges in Transition Economies....Pages 19-32
Overcoming a Negative Country-of-Origin Effect....Pages 33-47
Growth Strategies and Internationalization Patterns....Pages 48-65
From Lag Markets to Lead Markets....Pages 66-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-113
CASE 1: ACE enterprise Slovakia: “Drawing Out” the Future....Pages 115-129
CASE 2: Atlantic Grupa: Preparing for Leading in the New Europe....Pages 130-146
CASE 3: Avangate: Preparing the Trans-Atlantic Jump....Pages 147-154
CASE 4: Big Filter: Russian Filters in the International Market....Pages 155-178
CASE 5: Fx3x: Star Performance without a Star Attitude....Pages 179-192
CASE 6: Graphisoft: The Architecture of International Growth....Pages 193-209
CASE 7: Estonia’s Laser Diagnostic Instruments (LDI) AS: Beaming toward Growth....Pages 210-234
CASE 8: LINET: To Be an Object of Desire, Not of Choice....Pages 235-252
CASE 9: The Masterplast Story: Constructing an Entrepreneurial Success Story....Pages 253-268
CASE 10: Modesat Communications OÜ: Riding a Big Wave with a Small Boat....Pages 269-289
CASE 11: Pipistrel: The Freedom of Flight....Pages 290-311
CASE 12: PKF Betar Company: “Meters” Away from Further Growth....Pages 312-328
CASE 13: Russian Cosmetics: “Healing” Skin Care Products in Russia....Pages 329-346
CASE 14: Selena Group: Internationalizing through Multilocality....Pages 347-371
Front Matter....Pages 107-113
CASE 15: SOLARIS Bus and Coach: A Bus Tour to Global Markets....Pages 372-397
Back Matter....Pages 398-404