This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital
and governance for regional economic development. In recent
decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the
most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth.
However, most entrepreneurship research is undertaken without
considering the fundamental importance of the regional context.
Other research has emphasized the role of social capital but there
are substantial problems in empirically relating measures of social
capital to regional economic development.The expert contributors to
this work highlight the role of governance in regional growth, an
area that has so far been relatively under-researched, underpinning
their findings with new theoretical and empirical evidence. They
conclude that the relationship between entrepreneurship, social
capital and governance in factors affecting regional economic
development are complex and interdependent, and that to influence
these factors and the relationship between them, policymakers must
have a long-term perspective and be both patient and persistent in
their efforts. This enlightening book will be of great interest to
academics, students and researchers across a range of fields
including regional science, regional economics, economic geography,
regional planning, public policy, entrepreneurship, political
science and economic sociology. Policymakers involved in regional
policymaking from national down to regional and local levels will
also find the book to be an illuminating read. Contributors
include: T. Arvemo, P. Assmo, I. Bernhard, N. Carbonara, M.
Cesario, G.A.S. Cook, J.L. Crespo-Espert, L.P. Dana, M.T. de
Noronha, S. Doh, A. Garcia-Tabuenca, U. Grasjoe, K.E. Haynes, D.G.
Ierapetirits, C. Karlsson, D. Lagos, H. Lawton Smith, M. Morehart,
K. Nystroem, F.- Pablo-Marti, H. Qian, J.A. Riseth, S. Romeo, P.
Stenberg, S.C. Turner, H. Westlund, E. Wihlborg, E.J. Zolnik
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