Entrepreneurship shows regional differences through countries’ history, economic environments, society and habits of individuals. Youngsters can think globally and have the highest skills to access information and know-how. This paper collects data from students’ project work from different countries and extract that information, which can give interesting input to describe regional effects on entrepreneurial propensity through a quantified semantic analysis. Youngsters from 12 countries received the same instructions to present their national economies and then create a business there. The fundamental question of the paper is that are there any definable attributes from the economic environment, which effect youngsters’ entrepreneurial propensity? How can we describe these effects? We linked values and made a numerical evaluation of youngsters’ business concepts, which gives not only a range but also the grade of the presence of local or regional elements. The results show that the more exact special elements of a national economy mentioned, the more barriers participants are aware of. The research concept and the results may give useful inputs in knowledge transfer and education of entrepreneurship.

This paper presents the role of family businesses in strengthening social capital. Its aim is to examine the impact of these enterprises on local society and their role in local society. In this paper, after the interpretation of family businesses, social capital, embedding, and local society, the impact of the examined family businesses on local society is presented. The method of this study was in-depth interviews conducted among the owners of 207 family businesses in Transdanubia counties: 128 in villages and small towns, and 79 in medium-sized and large cities were conducted. In the framework of the interviews, therelations of family businesses at the local level, their relations with social organizations, their identity and attachments, and their embeddedness were explored. The main results of the in-depth interviews are that in three of the five indicators examined, in the smaller settlements the embedded family companies have a stronger embeddedness and con-nection with the local society, in one case it is equally high. However, family businesses in larger settlements also have a very significant impact on local society, in terms of trust, reputation, family values, community relations and collaborations, social networking, and local identity

The study investigates the economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe in the last 25 years. The economy can be regarded as a substantial topic in any country, but it is even more interesting in developing countries. One of the basic ideas of the European Union is the convergence between member states, namely the reduction of development disparities, which can be achieved through faster economic growth in less-developed countries. Growth theory is one of the main topics in economics. Its significant importance is because the desire for development is one of the main driving forces of mankind. The aim of the study is to reveal the crucial differences and common features between the growth paths of the eleven Central and Eastern European member states of the European Union. After presenting growth theories, the growth performance of the examined Central and Eastern European member states is pinpointed. During the research, GDP per capita, population, migration, activity rate, employment rate, unemployment rate, foreign direct investment and foreign trade openness are considered.