Entrepreneurship is a local and dynamic phenomenon. We jointly investigate spatial spillovers and time persistence of regional new business formation. Using panel data from all 402 German counties for 1996-2011, we estimate dynamic spatial panel models of business creation in the high-tech and...

pt. 1. Context : the knowledge economy and different dynamics -- pt. 2. The main actors : entrepreneurs, organizations and milieux : their capacity to develop knowledge -- pt. 3. The factors : information, networks and innovation : necessary and sufficient conditions for entrepreneurship -- pt....

Start-up activities are considered to be important for regional economic development and vary considerably between regions. As entrepreneurial activity in a region is strongly influenced by its regional conditions, we analyse the role of the conditions and their impact on start-up activities....

Part I -- 1. Einleitung -- 2. Definitionen -- 3. Start-up-Ökosysteme als Arbeitsbereich unternehmerischer Tätigkeiten -- 4. Konzeptionelle Grundlagen des Gründungsprozesses -- 5. Konzeptionelle Grundlagen der Erfolgsfaktoren- und Indikatorenforschung -- 6. Synopse der betrachteten...