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Seeds of regional structural change. The role of entrepreneurs and expanding firms in shaping local path dependencies

Neffke, Frank; Henning, Martin - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2010

This article studies path dependent regional structural change using a quantitative framework. Based on an inter-relatedness indicator, the degree to which local skill-bases exist and force local economies onto a path-dependent development trajectory is studied. The main question is into which...

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Agents of structural change. The role of firms and entrepreneurs in regional diversification

Neffke, Frank; Hartog, Matté; Boschma, Ron; Henning, Martin - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014

Who introduces structural change in regional economies: Entrepreneurs or existing firms? And do local or non-local firms and entrepreneurs create most novelty in a region? Using matched employer-employee data for the whole Swedish workforce, we determine how unrelated and therefore how novel the...

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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this … measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship … a regional culture of entrepreneurship is an important resource for regional growth. …

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Entrepreneurship, structural change, and economic growth

Noseleit, Florian - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2011

The ability to adjust to structural change is vital to economic development, and entries can be active participants in this process. While the importance of factor reallocations for growth is widely accepted, the role of entrepreneurs in managing these reallocations is rarely, if ever, mentioned...

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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925–2005

Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2012

and drastic changes in the politic-economic environment. We thus conclude that regional entrepreneurship cultures do exist …

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Cultural diversity and entrepreneurship in England and Wales

Rodríguez-Pose, Andres; Hardy, Daniel - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014

populations. First, more that demonstrating the importance of cultural diversity for entrepreneurship, we show that the type of …

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Entrepreneurship, Evolution and Geography

Stam, Erik - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2009

This chapter is an inquiry into the role of entrepreneurship in evolutionary economic geography. The focus is on how … and why entrepreneurship is a distinctly spatially uneven process. We will start with a discussion on the role of … entrepreneurship in the theory of economic evolution. Next, we will review the empirical literature on the geography of …

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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry

Oort, Frank G. van; Stam, Erik - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2005

the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature …. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations and measures of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship …

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Regional Path-Dependence in Start-up Activity

Brenner, Thomas; Fornahl, Dirk - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008

This paper studies the impact of an existing industrial structure in a region on the number of start-ups in this region. The aim is to detect path-dependencies in the regional industry structure. To this end we study empirically the regional factors that influence start-up rates. The approach...

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Creative Destruction and Regional Productivity Growth: Evidence from the Dutch Manufacturing and Services Industries

Bosma, Niels; Stam, Erik; Schutjens, Veronique - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2008

Do processes of firm entry and exit improve the competitiveness of regions? If so, is this a universal mechanism or is it contingent on the type of industry or region in which creative destruction takes place? This paper analyses the effect of firm entry and exit on the competitiveness of...

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