Index

Entrepreneurship, Institutional Framework and Support Mechanisms in the EU

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Publication date: 24 August 2021

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(2021), "Index", Apostolopoulos, N., Chalvatzis, K. and Liargovas, P. (Ed.) Entrepreneurship, Institutional Framework and Support Mechanisms in the EU, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 211-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83909-982-320211019

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INDEX

Academic staff and student involvement in IC formation
, 70–75

indicators of efficiency of involvement in IC formation
, 70–73

ratings regarding efficiency of IC formation
, 73–75

scientific publication as measuring unit of IC
, 70

Action learning
, 94

Adult education
, 86–87

pedagogy
, 96

social purpose tradition
, 96

Agent-based simulation modelling
, 143–144

Alternative order transaction venues
, 202

Alternative trading systems (ΑΤSs)
, 202

Alternative transaction execution venues
, 204–205

Approved reporting mechanisms (ARMs)
, 200

Artificial Intelligence
, 178

Attitudinal insights
, 182–186

Audit and review
, 110–111

Babes-Bolyai University
, 46

Behavioural insights
, 182–183, 186

Best execution of order
, 202

Black economy
, 166, 169

Blended-Learning International Entrepreneurship Skills project (BLUES project)
, 4, 29

experience
, 30

methodology
, 31–32

MOOCs
, 30–31

BLUES European Entrepreneurship Experience
, 29

Bottom-up decision-making system
, 2–3

Business

ecosystems
, 14

environment
, 14–16

opportunity
, 117

succession
, 43

Business Engineering and Management
, 42, 59

Capital Markets Commissions
, 197

Capitalism
, 10

Carbon emissions in Zhejiang Province
, 136–137

Cellular innovation
, 14, 17, 19

Center for Alternative and Autonomous Production (CAAP)
, 30

Central counterparties (CCPs)
, 200, 206

Centro International Santander Emprendimiento (CISE)
, 30

Chile’s National Public Investment System (SNI)
, 137–138

Circular economy
, 87, 179

Climate Action Network Europe (CAN)
, 180–181

Climate change, European policy on
, 179–182

Cloud computing
, 40

Cloud-based technologies
, 40

College des Ingenieurs (CDI)
, 30

Commodity derivatives
, 200

Communication
, 109

Competences (C)
, 87–88

Competitiveness
, 1–2, 68, 115

Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME)
, 123

Competitiveness web approach
, 4, 13–14

Conduct of business rules
, 200

Constructivist theory
, 29–30, 33–34

Consumer credit
, 205–206

Content innovations
, 76

Continual improvement
, 105

Coronavirus
, 35–36

Corporate taxation
, 169

Corruption
, 168, 172

Cost–benefit analysis
, 134–136, 138, 143–144

calculating NPV of projects
, 142

feasibility studies and
, 138–139

COVID-19

crisis
, 2

pandemic
, 187

parallels between responses to global climate change and
, 188

Creativity
, 21, 116, 155

Credit default swap (CDS)
, 197

Credit event
, 197–198

Credit Rating Agency (CRA)
, 197–198

Cross-country comparisons of SSE
, 87–95

SSE trainers’ required background
, 94–95

SSE training methods
, 94

SSE training programmes
, 88–94

Customer(s)
, 110

experience map
, 35

satisfaction
, 103–105

Cypriot economy
, 118

Data-focused work
, 107

Deadlines
, 182–184

Decision-making
, 184

Declining discount rate (DDR)
, 140

Deming, PDCA cycle of
, 107

Design thinking
, 35

Dianeosis
, 169

Digital Innovation hub
, 50

Digital technologies
, 177–178

Digitalization
, 3–4

Diplomacy
, 150

Direct taxation
, 169

Directorates General (DGs)
, 151

Disaster entrepreneurship
, 158

‘Doing Business’ report
, 16–17, 21

e-learning
, 40, 94

E-WORLD project
, 41

Earnings Index
, 173

Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
, 11

Economic development
, 40

Economic innovations
, 76

Economic models
, 86, 143–144

Economic policies
, 10

Economic Policy Essays
, 118

Education
, 28, 86–87

Education intervention levels for entrepreneurial activity development
, 51–55

categories with specific needs for entrepreneurial education
, 54–55

improving entrepreneurial education
, 53–55

national level
, 51–52

primary school cycle
, 53–54

reform of education system
, 52–53

Education system

efforts in developing entrepreneurial skills of young people
, 48–51

reform
, 52–53

Effective entrepreneurship education

academic staff and students involvement in IC formation
, 70–75

factors of TBE influencing educational innovation
, 75–76

innovative methodologies for increasing IC
, 76–82

literature review, research framework and methodology
, 68–70

Efficiency-driven economy
, 45, 49

Electronic communication networks (ECNs)
, 202

Eligible counterparties
, 201

Emissions trading system (ETS)
, 179–180

Empathy
, 178

Employees
, 110–111

empowerment and involvement
, 105

Energy efficiency
, 179

Enterprise, current state of
, 109

EntreComp

competencies development
, 32

framework
, 33

Entrepreneurial activity
, 1–2

education intervention levels for entrepreneurial activity development
, 51–55

entrepreneurship and
, 1–2

Entrepreneurial education
, 40–41

education intervention levels for entrepreneurial activity development
, 51–55

education system efforts in developing entrepreneurial skills
, 48–51

factors influencing entrepreneurial behaviour
, 47–48

general view on entrepreneurship in Romania
, 45–47

trends in European entrepreneurship
, 42–45

Entrepreneurial framework conditions
, 17, 46

Entrepreneurial innovation
, 10

Entrepreneurial phenomenon
, 42–43, 45, 47

Entrepreneurial resilience
, 150–151

EU’s approach to resilience meets
, 154–155

Entrepreneurial skills of young people
, 48–51

Entrepreneurial spirit
, 41, 134–135

Entrepreneurial University model
, 40, 44–45

Entrepreneurs
, 140–141, 143–144, 157

Entrepreneurship
, 1–2, 10, 28, 33, 115–116, 150, 158

course
, 30

disaster
, 158

in EU
, 2

EU institutional framework and support mechanisms matter to
, 2–4

and innovation
, 117

innovation in entrepreneurship teaching
, 30–36

opportunity costs of
, 117

pedagogy
, 29–30

policy
, 11–16

promotion to foster resilience
, 155, 159–160

response
, 204

strengthening policies
, 10

support mechanisms
, 10

systematic and polythematic promotion of
, 150–151

Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan
, 41, 44–45

Entrepreneurship education (E-ed). See also Adult education; Higher education
, 28–29

entrepreneurship pedagogy
, 29–30

innovation in entrepreneurship teaching
, 30–36

recommendations and further improvements
, 36–37

and training
, 28

Entrepreneurship enhancement policies

entrepreneurship policy and integrated micro-meso-macro analytical counterproposal
, 11–16

policy practices to support entrepreneurship in European South
, 16–21

Environmental sustainability
, 177–178

Equity Facility for Growth (EFG)
, 123

EU’s Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)
, 152

European Capital Markets
, 196–197, 200, 203

analysis of current developments and effects on
, 200–205

European Commission
, 199

European Consensus on Development
, 152

European Directive MiFID
, 5

European entrepreneurship, trends in
, 42–45

European External Action Service (EEAS)
, 5, 150

European financial markets
, 196, 203, 205

European Higher Education
, 29

European Innovation Council (EIC)
, 123

European Integration
, 203–205

analysis of current developments and effects on
, 200–205

European Investment Bank (EIB)
, 123

European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)
, 206

European Passport
, 196

European policy

on climate change
, 179–182

implications for
, 186–187

European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
, 198, 206

European Security Committee (ESC)
, 198

European Skills Agenda
, 3–4

European South
, 11

entrepreneurship in European South through recent studies
, 20

policy practices to support entrepreneurship in
, 16–21

recent reforms to improve the business environment in countries of
, 18–19

European Stock Exchanges
, 196, 204

European Union (EU)
, 1–2, 11, 28, 179–180, 196

approach to resilience meets entrepreneurial resilience
, 154–155

entrepreneurship in
, 2

higher education institutions
, 41

humanitarian and development policies
, 150

institutional framework and support mechanisms matter to entrepreneurship
, 2–4

Recovery Fund
, 3–4

resilience in EU’s discourse and action
, 151–154

Small Business Act
, 2–3

European Union Global Strategy (EUGS)
, 150

European Union policies
, 119–125

Face-to-face (F2F)
, 31–32

modules
, 31

training
, 31–32

Family business
, 42, 125–126

Family-owned technology-based businesses
, 4

Feasibility study methods
, 5

literature review
, 136–138

for sustainability entrepreneurs
, 138–145

Feedback
, 30, 32

Financial goods transaction
, 203–204

Financial instruments
, 123

Financial Services Action Plan (FSAP)
, 196

Financing

instruments
, 120

procedure
, 123

Fiscal policy
, 169

Fluid economy
, 118

fMRI scans
, 184

Focus group discussions (FGDs)
, 158

Fourth industrial revolution
, 10

Fragmented entrepreneurship
, 2–3

French School of Regulation
, 10

Gamification
, 32

Gender Equality
, 134–135

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
, 119

General Commercial Registry (GEMI)
, 173

General Confederation of Workers (GSEE)
, 88

Generation Y
, 29–30

Generation Z
, 28

Generic quality management model for SMEs
, 107–111

Global Competitiveness Report
, 173

Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI)
, 159–160

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)
, 17, 46

Globalization
, 10, 40, 116–117

Governments
, 139

Greek entrepreneurship
, 172

Greek tax system
, 166

conceptual identification of tax system
, 167–168

pathogens of tax system
, 168–173

ranking of Greece in international field
, 173–174

reforms of tax system
, 168

Green Deal and Recovery Fund
, 2

Green economy
, 187

Green jobs
, 179

skills development for
, 179–180

Green skills
, 178

gap
, 5

Green technologies
, 87

Gross domestic product (GDP)
, 48–49

Harmonization process
, 196

High-frequency trading (HFT)
, 200, 208

Higher education. See also Entrepreneurship education (E-ed)
, 40, 79–80

concentration
, 52–53

level
, 55

teaching sustainability in
, 184

Higher education establishments (HEEs)
, 68–70

Ill-structured problems
, 33

Implicit entrepreneurial theories of students
, 31–32

Income Tax Code
, 168

Income-generating activities (IGAs)
, 158

Incremental innovation
, 116

Independent Authority for Public Revenue (IAPR)
, 168

Indirect taxation
, 169

Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 42

Information society
, 40

Information technology (IT)
, 40, 199

Ingenius hub
, 50

Innovation
, 40, 115, 117

analysis
, 125–128

conceptual background
, 115–118

in entrepreneurship teaching
, 30–36

European Union policies
, 119–125

implementation
, 128

institutional framework
, 121–122

methodology
, 76, 82, 125

tools and mechanisms
, 122–125

tree
, 80

Innovation Lab
, 51

Innovation project (IP)
, 4, 80–81

Institute of Local Development and Innovation (ILDI)
, 15

Institutional dimension of innovation
, 117

Institutional environment
, 10

Institutional framework
, 2, 117–118, 121–122

entrepreneurship and enhancement of
, 2

EU
, 2–4

Instructor
, 29–30

Integrated micro-meso-macro analytical counterproposal
, 11–16

Intellectual capital (IC)
, 4, 40, 68–69

academic staff and students involvement in formation
, 70–75

indicators of efficiency of involvement in IC formation
, 70–73

innovative methodologies for increasing IC at entrepreneurial universities
, 76–82

ratings regarding efficiency of IC formation
, 73–75

scientific publication as measuring unit of IC
, 70

Internal rate of return (IRR)
, 138–139

International Labour Organization (ILO)
, 177–179

Internet
, 28

Investment firms (IFs)
, 196, 199, 202–203

Investment Services Companies (ISCs)
, 196

Investment Services Directive (ISD)
, 196

Investor issues
, 201

Key informant interviews (KIIs)
, 158

Knowledge economy
, 40

Lamfalussy process
, 198, 204

Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT)
, 30

Latvia

academic staff and students involvement in IC formation in
, 70–75

factors of TBE influencing educational innovation in
, 75–76

Latvijas Avīze newspaper
, 69–70

Leadership
, 116

commitment
, 107

management commitment and
, 104

Learning
, 29–30, 33–34

environment
, 30

experiences provider
, 35

Legal innovations
, 76

Leitmotif
, 151

‘Life Below Water’
, 134–135

‘Life on Land’
, 134–135

Lifelong Learning Centres (LLCs)
, 88

Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF)
, 123

Long-life learning (LLL)
, 40

Macro level analyses
, 177–178

Macro-economic reforms
, 17

Macro-social

factors
, 21

policies
, 14–16

reforms
, 17

Maintenance functions
, 79

Management
, 116

commitment and leadership
, 104

innovations
, 76

succession
, 42

Market abuse
, 204–205

Market Abuse Directive (MAD)
, 196

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
, 196–197

analysis of current developments and effects
, 200–205

literature review
, 197–198

methodology of research
, 199–200

MiFID II
, 200, 205

research results, suggestions and discussions
, 205–207

Markets in Financial Instruments Directive Regulation (MiFIR)
, 205

Massive open online courses (MOOCs)
, 30–31

Meso-environment
, 12

Methodological innovations
, 76

Micro-meso-macro theoretical evaluation
, 16–21

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
, 153

Minds hub
, 50

Ministry of Culture
, 14–16

Ministry of Education
, 14–16

Ministry of Energy
, 14–16

Ministry of Finance
, 14–16

Monetary Union
, 11

Mortgages
, 205–206

Multi-speed Europe
, 11

Multi-stage process
, 116

Multilateral trading facilities (MTFs)
, 196–197, 208

and market regulation issues
, 201–202

Municipal institutions
, 139

Naming
, 181–182

Nation-centred socioeconomic systems
, 10

Neo-Marxist perspective
, 20–21

Net present values (NPVs)
, 134, 138–139

Non-discriminatory access regime
, 200

Non-formal education
, 55

Non-innovative SMEs
, 128

Non-regulated markets
, 196–197

Open innovation
, 116–117

Opportunity costs of entrepreneurship
, 117

Ordinary innovation
, 116

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 1–2

Organizational innovations
, 76

Organizational requirements
, 200

Over-the-counter (OTC)
, 196–197

Ownership succession
, 42

Paradigm shift in education
, 40

Pathogens of tax system
, 168–173

PEPITE programme of student entrepreneurs
, 88

Plan, do, check, act (PDCA)
, 107

Policy practices to support entrepreneurship in European South
, 16–21

Polythematic promotion of entrepreneurship
, 150–151

Post COVID-19 period
, 3–4

Post-industrial society
, 40

Post-trade transparency issue
, 202

Pre-trade transparency issue
, 202

Primary school cycle
, 53–54

Private entrepreneurial ventures
, 139

Professional investors
, 201

Professor

of entrepreneurship
, 28

role
, 29–30

Profitability
, 138–139

Public diplomacy tool
, 150

Public institutions
, 86–87

Public organizations
, 86–87

Quality management systems (QMSs)
, 102

Ratings regarding efficiency of IC formation
, 73–75

Real-time decision making
, 184

Reformative measures
, 111

Reforms of tax system
, 168

Regulated markets
, 196–197

Renewable energy
, 179

Resilience
, 3–4, 150, 159–160

through entrepreneurship
, 159–160

EU’s approach to resilience meets entrepreneurial resilience
, 154–155

in EU’s discourse and action
, 151–154

making case for entrepreneurship promotion to foster resilience
, 155–159

resilient households
, 159

Reskilling Revolution
, 178

Resources
, 32

Respondents
, 184

Restructuring of globalization
, 10

Retail

financial services
, 205–206

investors
, 201

Romania
, 41

general view on entrepreneurship in
, 45–47

Romanian educational system
, 52

Romanian entrepreneurial prototype
, 41

Romania Start-ups
, 51

Santander International Entrepreneurship Centre (CISE)
, 30–31

Scientific publication as measuring unit of IC
, 70

Sensitivity analysis
, 143

Shaming
, 181–182

Single financial market
, 205–206

Skills development for green jobs
, 179

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
, 1–2, 16, 42, 102, 109–110, 116

act
, 111

audit and review
, 110–111

check
, 110–111

communication
, 109

current state of enterprise
, 109

designing TQM implementation
, 109

do
, 109–110

generic quality management model for
, 107–111

improvement projects
, 109–110

innovation in SMEs in Cyprus
, 118

leadership commitment
, 107

management of improvement teams
, 110

non-innovative
, 128

plan
, 107–109

reformative measures
, 111

steering committee for total quality management
, 108

team improvement
, 110

team spirit establishment
, 109

training of improvement team members
, 110

training of steering committee members
, 109

Small business community
, 28

Smart Pedestrian Network (SPN)
, 141

Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE)
, 4–5, 86

field in Europe
, 95

trainers’ required background
, 94–95

training programmes
, 88, 94

vocational education for
, 96

Social economy
, 86

Social enterprises
, 86

Social entrepreneurs
, 157–158

Social entrepreneurship
, 88

Social innovation
, 28, 76

Social prosperity
, 40

Social-economic development
, 40

Societal resilience
, 150

Socioeconomic development
, 10

Socioeconomic prosperity
, 1–2

Socioeconomic systems
, 10

Soft skills (SS)
, 87–88

Staff

satisfaction
, 103

trainings
, 35

Statistical process control (SPC)
, 107

Steering committee

for TQM
, 108

training of steering committee members
, 109

Stock Exchanges
, 196–197

Student-centred learning environments
, 30

Subjects
, 184

Supervisory Trading Control Systems (STCS)
, 197

Support entrepreneurship, policy practices to
, 16–21

Support mechanisms
, 86–87

matter to entrepreneurship
, 2–4

Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE)
, 123

Sustainability
, 3–4

attitudinal and behavioural insights
, 182–183, 186

background
, 179

European policy on climate change
, 179–182

implications for European policy
, 186–187

parallels between responses to global climate change and COVID-19 Pandemic
, 188

problems in becoming carbon neutral and proposed behavioural solutions
, 189

scenarios used in Global Futures Project
, 191

sustainability-related entrepreneurial ventures
, 134

sustainability-related ventures
, 140

Sustainability entrepreneurs
, 134–135, 141

feasibility study framework for
, 138, 144–145

Sustainable Cities and Communities
, 134–135

Sustainable development (SD)
, 28, 182

Sustainable entrepreneurship
, 28

Sustainable mobility
, 139

Sustainable-related ventures
, 134–135

System dynamics methodology
, 143–144

Systematic Internalisers
, 201–202, 208

Systematic promotion of entrepreneurship
, 150–151

Task functions
, 79

Tax

administration
, 171–172

conceptual identification of
, 167–168

evasion
, 169

excessive tax evasion
, 173

high bureaucracy for tax compliance
, 173

pathogens of
, 168–173

payers
, 171–172

policy
, 166

reforms
, 168

system
, 165–166

Taxation system
, 5, 171–172

Teachers
, 32

Team-oriented problem-solving (TOPS)
, 107

Team(s)
, 35

improvement
, 110

management of
, 110

spirit establishment
, 109

Teamwork
, 106

Technological business environment (TBE)
, 4, 68

factors of TBE influencing educational innovation in Latvia
, 75–76

Technological developments
, 116–117

Technological innovation
, 115

Technology innovations
, 76

Technopreneurship
, 55

Technowledge
, 55

Technowledgepreneurship
, 55

Time management
, 33

Total Quality Management (TQM)
, 5, 102–103, 107

continual improvement
, 105

customer satisfaction
, 104–105

data-focused work
, 107

employee empowerment and involvement
, 105

management commitment and leadership
, 104

principles
, 104–107

proposed generic quality management model for SMEs
, 107–111

teamwork
, 106

training
, 106

Trade concentration rule
, 202

Trade reporting
, 200

Trading concentration rule
, 201–202

Traditional cost–benefit analysis
, 144–145

Traditional entrepreneurs
, 178

Traditional feasibility study methods
, 134

Training
, 106

SSE training methods
, 94

Transparency
, 200

Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA)
, 157

UN Behavioural Initiative (UNBI)
, 182

United Nations (UN)
, 28, 134–135

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 40–41

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
, 28, 119, 134–135, 178

Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV)
, 30

Universities
, 28

University ‘Politehnica’ of Bucharest (UPB)
, 42

Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship
, 42

University NOVA Lisbon (UNL)
, 30

University of Ljubljana (UL)
, 30

University of Perugia (UNIPG)
, 30

UPBizzs Entrepreneurship Center
, 50–51

Urban development research
, 141

Urban planning
, 137

Utility functions and system dynamics
, 143–144

Value Added Tax rate
, 169

Vocational education and training programmes (VET programmes). See also Entrepreneurship education (E-ed)
, 4–5, 86

cross-country comparisons
, 87, 89, 93, 95

SSE field in Europe
, 95

VET-oriented European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework
, 95

vocational education for SSE
, 96

Women empowerment
, 134–135

World Café
, 94

World Economic Forum (WEF)
, 1–2, 177–178

World economy
, 40

Young people, entrepreneurial skills of
, 48–51

Your Better Life Index
, 141