The nexus of entrepreneurship and regional development

Manfred M. Fischer, Peter Nijkamp

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Abstract

This chapter offers a review on modern entrepreneurship analysis, against the background of regional development. Regions with an entrepreneurial culture tend to be forerunners in a competitive economic process. After a conceptual discussion on the importance and the measurement of entrepreneurship, the contribution discusses critical success factors and key determinants of entrepreneurship. Next, much focus is laid on the geography of entrepreneurship as well as on industrial agglomeration, while also due attention is paid to the relevance of networks for modern entrepreneurship. The chapter concludes with some retrospective and prospective remarks.
Original languageEnglish
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Publication series

SeriesWorking Papers in Regional Science
Number2018/05

Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)

  • 507026 Economic geography
  • 507003 Geoinformatics

WU Working Paper Series

  • Working Papers in Regional Science

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