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This volume examines how the institutional environment affects entrepreneurial organizations, and vice-versa. This approach to entrepreneurship shifts attention away from an individual perspective and looks at how institutions shape entrepreneurial opportunities and actions. Empirical contexts range from satellite radio to film to nuclear power

This report provides an analysis of the international education strategies of Canada, Singapore, and the UK and compares them to the education initiatives of Australia. This research was undertaken in response to the release of the Draft National Strategy for International Education and as a basis for a submission to the Department of Education and Training (DET). The method of comparative analysis will be employed to determine the effectiveness of the different strategies in terms of mobility, transnational education and partnerships, quality assurance, branding, and target markets. The results of the data show that Australia is performing well in mobility, transnational education and partnerships. Though Australia still performs well in quality assurance and branding, there are still improvements that can be made in terms of the overseas portrayal of Australian education. Australia would also benefit from identifying common target markets for government and institutions to work on together. This report finds that Australia is performing well in international education in comparison to Canada, the UK, and Singapore. However, in order to maintain competitive performance in the international education sector, there are areas Australia can work on. Australia will need to focus on exchanges, internships, and the perception of quality in Australian education through encouraging the use of Australia's education brands overseas. The most important aspect of each of these factors is increasing the cooperation between government and the sector. Some of the results of the investigation into the education strategies of other countries were surprising, particularly Singapore's change of direction in its education policy and the subsequent emergence of Singapore as less of a competitor in international education than the report originally foresaw. The report has been limited to six different factors involved in the education strategies, however there are many more issues that can be examined in international education. In this way, this report concludes that Australia is performing well in international education. However, there are areas in which Australia can improve to remain a world-class education destination.