Extensive coverage of Youngstown's economic challenges has overshadowed the city's long entrepreneurial tradition.

Native American communities that lack entrepreneurial traditions and recent experiences typically do not provide the support that entrepreneurs need to thrive.

The only exception, Hall argues, is if a new entrepreneurial tradition could be created in the inner city.

"We have a long entrepreneurial tradition," Mr. Bacskai said.

It would thereby set East Germany, with its entrepreneurial and technological traditions, on a course toward strong growth.

While rich in mineral resources, the northwest lacks the entrepreneurial tradition of coastal areas, as well as their wealth of overseas relatives and other links.

The new leadership team is ensuring that the innovative and entrepreneurial tradition first established in 1979 continues at Adler Fels today.

Sally Allen did not inherit an entrepreneurial tradition.

This will also contribute to the development of an entrepreneurial tradition and make it easier to meet the challenges of globalisation.

However, the entrepreneurial tradition is not necessarily less pronounced in the countries of southern Europe than in the north.