Entrepreneurship and business: a regional perspective

This book examines the relationship between entrepreneurship, growth and regional aspects of business. The text offers two broad perspectives of entrepreneurship, a historical one and a comparative perspective. In the historical part, several examples of the co-operation between regional aspects and aspects ofentrepreneurship are presented. The second part shows different aspects of entrepreneurship in a more and more globalizing world. Networking, the relationship between clusters and business innovation, economic transition and the links between social capital and business competitiveness are some of the topics. INDICE: From the contents Introduction.- A General View on Regional Economics.- Issues in Regional Economics: The Economic Thought of Some Italian Authors of the Past.- Entrepreneurial Structure From a Regional Perspective.- Entrepreneurship and Growth – The Need to Combine Micro and Macro Perspectives.- Social Capital and Entrepreneurship in a Regional context: The Case of Spanish Regions.- The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth – A Review of Recent Research Achievements.- Innovation and Technology Transfer for Small Companies and Spin-offs: The Role of the Universities in a Less-developedArea.- Networking and Entrepreneurship in Place.- The Quest for a new Development Policy.- Clusters and Business Innovation.- Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Transition Environments.-

• ISBN: 978-3-540-70899-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 360
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés