UNU-WIDER Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
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Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
Entrepreneurship has been a topical issue in the business administration literature, but in the past decade a wave of interest can be observed on the role of entrepreneurship in the economic growth literature. This paper aims to highlight the various contributions to the entrepreneurship literature from the perspective of regional economic development. After a broad overview, particular attention is given to the regional action space of entrepreneurs, including their social and spatial network involvement. The paper concludes with a future research agenda.
- Publisher:
- UNU-WIDER
- Series:
- WIDER Research Paper
- Volume:
- 2009/08
- Title:
- Entrepreneurship, Development, and the Spatial Context Retrospect and Prospect
- Authors:
- Peter Nijkamp
- Publication date:
- February 2009
- ISSN Web:
- 1810-2611
- ISBN 13 Web:
- 9789292301774
- Copyright holder:
- © UNU-WIDER
- Copyright year:
- 2009
- Keywords:
- entrepreneurship, regional growth, action space, networks, SME, virtual organization, innovation
- JEL:
- L26, R11, O31
- Project:
- Promoting Entrepreneurial Capacity
- Sponsor:
- UNU-WIDER gratefully acknowledges the financial contribution to the project by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and the financial contributions to the research programme by the governments of Denmark (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Finland (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Norway (Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Sweden (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency—Sida) and the United Kingdom (Department for International Development).
- Format:
- online