This edited book is an important contribution to entrepreneurship literature, as it focuses on the sociological aspects of entrepreneurial behavior. The chapters encompass research on social and community-based entrepreneurship and investigate how the cultural and social conditions of a region influence entrepreneurship.

1. Introduction: Societal entrepreneurship and competitiveness; Vanessa Ratten and Leo-Paul Dana  2. The Role of Public Entrepreneurship Programmes in Fostering Technology-Based Entrepreneurship: A Turkish Case Study; Dilek Demirhan, Serdal Temel and Susanne Durst  3. Internationalization of Firms and Entrepreneur’s Motivations: A Review and Research Agenda; Hai T. T. Ngo and Paul Agu Igwe  4. Managerial Role as a Resource for Social Innovation; Sumayya Rashid  5. Key Drivers of Student Entrepreneurship: Experiences from an Australian University; Andrew O’Loughlin  6. Entrepreneurship from a business incubator of a Mexican public university supported by a psychological program; Oscar Javier Montiel-Méndez and Lorena del Carmen Álvarez-Castañón  7. Knowledge creation in client-consultant interaction; Wendy Dubbeld and Robert J. Blomme  8. Internationalisation of social business: Toward a comprehensive conceptual understanding; S.M. Misbauddin and Md. Noor Un Nabi  9. Shadow Economy Index – Lessons from Hungary; Monika Galambosne Tiszberger  10. Microfinance and Necessity Entrepreneurship: The Ghanaian Experience; Victor Yawo Atiase and Dennis Yao Dzansi  11. The impact of outsourcing on knowledge and learning in organisations; Ingi Runar Edvardsson and Susanne Durst  12. Entrepreneurs’ responses to an economic crisis: evidence from a transitional economy; Abetare Domi and Besnik Krasniqi   13. SROI in Social Enterprises: A systematic Literature Review of Recent Trends and Future Agenda; Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Imran Qureshi and Ishamuddin Mustapha  14. "Making a Difference…. on My Own Terms": Motivational Factors of Youth Involvement in Social Entrepreneurship in Malaysia; Seyedali Ahrari, Steven Eric Krauss, Zaifunizam Ariffin and Lee Kwan Meng