The purpose of this paper is to contribute to our understanding of regional economic development by constructing a regional entrepreneurship index that captures the essence of the contextual features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of economic and social development in the...

Entrepreneurship is crucial for the economic development of a region. Using entropy, cluster and shift-share analysis techniques, the authors present a detailed picture of the entrepreneurial milieu of the Sud Muntenia region of Romania, pointing both towards the presence of an overall...

This article discusses the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems. In particular, three propositions are made for further development of the concept. First, it is argued that entrepreneurial ecosystems should be regarded a part of the regional innovation system. Second, the scope of the concept...

In Deutschland gibt es Tausende von öffentlichen Wirtschaftsförderprogrammen und eine riesige Anzahl von Trägern der Wirtschaftsförderung. Es ist jedoch zu fragen, ob diese immense Auswahl für die zu fördernden Unternehmen und Existenzgründungen sinnvoll ist. Alexander Knuth untersucht...