Introduction

Abstract

In this book, specific entrepreneurial ecosystems are presented and considered as potential tools for successful firm strategies at the same time that they serve for developing the territory. Successful experiences of entrepreneurship, regional development and structural change in different developed and developing countries such as Portugal, Poland, India, Cabo Verde or East Asian Countries, seek to describe why and how certain companies overcome adversities and achieve good performance while others fail. Experiences and cases studies are focused on microenterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as good examples of the productive system around the world.