Introduction

The Role of Entrepreneurship on the Political Economy in the Pacific Rim&Joel Glassman,Masato Kimura and Shuming Zhao

Section One—The Education of Entrepreneurs

1．Contemporary Entrepreneurship Education and Training in the United States&John Norton,University of Missouri—Kansas City

2．A Study of the Education and Training of Entrepreneurs in China:Challenges and Opportunities&Shuming Zhao and Chunyan Jiang,Nanjing University

3．Economic Modernization and Diffusion of Business Education in Early-Modern Japan:Shibusawa Eiichi and Yokohama Senior Commercial School&Ryutaro Yamafuji,Yokohama City University

4．The Education and Training of Entrepreneurs in South Korea:How to Improve the Current Courses in Universities?&Park Hyun Chae,Chonnam National University

Section Two—Entrepreneurs and Regional Economies

5．Japan's Network"Stickiness"Problem,Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development,and Growth and Competition in Asia&Kathryn Ibata-Arens,DePaul University

6．Regional Network Development and Entrepreneurship in Japanese Localities:A Study of Japan's Hirosaki District&Emiko Shinozaki,Hitotsubashi University and Japan Finance Corporation

7．High-Performance Work Systems,Corporate Entrepreneurship,and Firm Performance:The Moderating Role of Dysfunctional Competition—An Empirical Study of Firms in Fifteen National High-Tech Development Zones in China&Chunyan Jiang,Nanjing University;Yina Mao,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

8．Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development:Korean Perspective&Sangmoon Park,Kangwon National University

Section Three—Socio-Economic and Political Forces Shaping Pacific Rim Growth in the 21 st Century

9．From the World Trade Organization to the Trans-Pacific Partnership:China's Rise,Globalization,and American Domestic Politics&Hiroki Takeuchi,Southern Methodist University

10．The Social Entrepreneur:Tackling the World's Toughest Problems Through Innovation&Sarah Smith Orr,Claremont McKenna College

Conclusion&Joel Glassman,Masato Kimura and Shuming Zhao