Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction / Martin Andersson, Lina Bjerke and Charlie Karlsson -- Part I: Geography of structural change, employment and productivity -- 2. Exploring regional differences in the regional capacity to absorb displacements / Kristina Nyström and Ingrid Viklund Ros -- 3. Productivity and cross border accessibility to human capital- a study comparing norwegian and swedish border regions / Tobias Arvemo and Urban Gråsjö -- 4. Inter- and intraregional balance: drivers of change and development / Andreas P. Cornett -- 5. Is the convergence debate over?- structural changes and labour productivity / Amjad Naveed -- Part II: Geography of entrepreneurship and business dynamics -- 6. A local perspective on entrepreneurship and informal institutions / Sabrina Fredina and Marina Jogmark -- 7. Revisiting broadband and new firm dynamics / Jitendra Parajuli and Kingsley E. Heynes -- 8. The impact of individual characteristics and regional agglomeration on the survival of self-employed firms / Sam Tavassol and Viroj Jienwatcharamongkhol -- 9. Variations in new firm life duration for immigrant and native entrepreneurs / Veronique Schutjens, Nardo De Vries and Anna Risselada -- 10. International outsourcing and the global value chain: evidence for Sweden / Trudy-Ann Stone -- Part III: Geography of innovations, cooperations and growth -- 11. Knowledge absorption in the development of export products / Peter Warda and Börje Johansson -- 12. Cross-border innovation cooperation: partner selection, national borders and knowledge bases / Rannaveig Edda Hjaltadóttir, Teemu Makkonen and Nils Karl Sørensen -- 13. Creative class vs. individual creativity- a multi-level approach to the geography of creativity / Christoph Alfken -- Part IV: University spinoffs- barriers and challenges -- 14. Barriers to the generation of university spin-offs: a case study of Vienna / Harvey Goldstein, Verena Peer and Sabina Sedlacek -- Index.
