Showing 1 - 10 of 58
This paper investigates the role of knowledge for successful entrepreneurship. The paper explicitly discusses the role of accessibility to university and company R&D for new firm formation. Company R&D is assumed to contain a higher share of R&D directed towards generating technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644953
The introduction of endogenous growth theory has led to new interest in the role of the entrepreneur as an agent driving technical change at the local regional level. This book examines theoretical and methodological issues surrounding the interface of the entrepreneur in regional growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011180153
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001781905
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10007104976
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009348210
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003649872
This paper is an introductory overview highlighting some of the current knowledge as regards three critical questions related to the emerging knowledge economy: i) Why does human capital and talent tend to agglomerate in large urban regions?, ii) How does this agglomeration affect the location...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004969816
Much of the discussion about globalization has been held at a rather superficial macro-economic level. Discussions about globalization dealing with the meso- and micro-economic level, i.e. the level of regions and companies, have been much less common. Many of the discussions of globalization at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011082587
The purpose of this paper is to consider some of the challenges lying ahead of policy makers in the context of regional development. Regional economic development encompasses the economics and other resources that a region can mobilize for its own sustainable development and competitiveness. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115520
Abstract: Many phenomena in the economy are influenced by geography. The size of new firm start-ups vary in many dimensions, among them industry and geography. The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of the geographical distribution of the size of new firms. Re¬gional size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011115521