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Introducing Entrepreneurship and Culture -- Culture and the Individual Entrepreneur -- Entrepreneurial Motivations, Culture, and the Law-- The Entrepreneurial Culture: Guiding Principles of the Self-Employed -- Culture, Political Institutions and the Regulation of Entry -- Prior Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Innovative Success -- Regional Cultural Aspects and the Entrepreneur -- Public Research in Regional Networks of Innovators: A Comparative Study of Four East-German Regions -- Entrepreneurial Culture, Regional Innovativeness and Economic Growth -- Transnational Cultural Differences -- Entrepreneurship and its Determinants in a Cross-Country Setting -- Scenario-Based Scales Measuring Cultural Orientations of Business Owners -- Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity: Some Cross-Country Evidence -- Entrepreneurial Culture and its Effect on the Rate of Nascent Entrepreneurship -- Explaining Cross-National Variations in Entrepreneurship: The Role of Social Protection and Political Culture -- Development Over Time -- Uncertainty Avoidance and the Rate of Business Ownership Across 21 OECD Countries, 1976-2004 --Post materialism Influencing Total Entrepreneurial Activity Across Nations.