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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
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Reference: ART-2592-E
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Number of pages: 8
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Geographic Setting: República Checa; Polonia; Eslovenia; Rusia; Croacia; Georgia
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Publication Date: Sep 20, 2014
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Source: IESE (España)
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Type of Document: Article
Description
This article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated structures by introducing new dynamics, redefining value creation and changing mind-sets. Their insights are especially relevant to anyone launching a business in a transition economy where the entrepreneurial opportunities and growth prospects may be greater than in mature markets -- but only if one learns how to operate like an entrepreneurial icebreaker.
Keywords
bank credit
bankruptcy
barter
Berlin Wall
bribe
capitalism
CEE
Central and Eastern Europe
Climbers
Cold War
communism
core competence
country-of-origin effects
effectuation
entrepreneurial icebreakers
entrepreneurship
Innovators
internationalization
monopoly
necessity entrepreneurship
opportunity entrepreneurship
Price-Quality-Value Providers
property rights
tacking
tax