'A timely and highly relevant contribution. Congratulations are due to the editors and contributing authors for producing such a valuable work.' - Leo-Paul Dana, Princeton University 'This is a comprehensive and ground-breaking volume on the complex relationships between enterprise, community and neighbourhood. The editors have succeeded in bringing together a wide variety of scholars who are at the cutting edge of research and theorising in this field. The book presents new and significant research findings and throws important new light on the contribution of entrepreneurship to community development at a local level.' - Peter Somerville, University of Lincoln, UK Despite the growing evidence on the importance of the neighbourhood, entrepreneurship studies have largely neglected the role of neighbourhoods. This book addresses the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities, confirming not only the importance of `the local' in entrepreneurship, but also filling huge gaps in the knowledge base regarding this tripartite relationship. Interdisciplinary chapters explore the importance of the neighbourhood and local social networks for individual entrepreneurs, highlighting the importance of `the local' in entrepreneurship across several countries. Considering entrepreneurship as a community-based, rather than individual, effort, key contributions explore how entrepreneurship can influence neighbourhoods and communities, in particular through entrepreneurial actions of residents joining forces. The book critically examines the ways in which entrepreneurship can benefit, shape and transform neighbourhoods, particularly those areas affected by social deprivation and poverty. Finally, it outlines a research agenda to further extend the scientific and policy-relevant knowledge on the relationships between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities. As a response to the international call for an interdisciplinary approach to entrepreneurship research and neighbourhood and community studies, this book will engage scholars and researchers from entrepreneurship studies, urban geography, housing studies, political studies, sociology and urban planning. Contributors include: N. Bailey, I. Capdevila, E. Casper-Futterman, J. Chrisman, M. de Beer, J. DeFilippis, R. Kleinhans, J. Lendrum, C. Mason, A.M. Peredo, D. Reuschke, E. Rijshouwer, V. Schutjens, E. Stam, S. Swider, S. Syrett, J. Uitermark, V. van de Vrande, M. van Ham, D. Varady, B. Volker, C. Williams, N. Williams

This volume addresses the increase in the number of firms in mixed or residential neighbourhoods. It offers a balanced and well-informed set of contributions on this significant spatial shift. These contributions focus on how these businesses make use of the Internet, how they are affected by urban policies, how they are embedded (also in an emotional sense) in their neighbourhoods, and how work and care are combined in home-based businesses. This volume, then, provides a timely and highly relevant comprehensive view of an important phenomenon not just in the Global North but also in the Global South.' - Robert C. Kloosterman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands'This edited volume breaks new ground by examining a neglected but important issue. Given that over half of all businesses in many advanced economies are home-based, making the connections between entrepreneurship and peoples' homes and local neighbourhoods is essential for both national policies to increase start-up rates and local policies to promote economic development. This book will be required reading for all wishing to understand how to harness the significant but untapped potential for local growth by doing so.' - Colin C. Williams, University of Sheffield, UK Entrepreneurship in Cities focuses on the neglected role of the home and the residential neighbourhood context for entrepreneurship and businesses within cities. The overall objective of the book is to develop a new interdisciplinary perspective that links entrepreneurship research with neighbourhood and urban studies. A key contribution is to show that entrepreneurship in cities is more than agglomeration economies and high-tech clusters. This is the first book to connect entrepreneurship with neighbourhoods and homes, recognising that business activity in the city is not confined to central business districts, high streets and industrial estates but is also increasingly found in residential neighbourhoods. It highlights the importance of home-based businesses for the economy of cities. These often overlooked types of businesses and workers significantly contribute to the 'buzz' that makes cities favourable places to live and work. Including interdisciplinary and international perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for researchers and Masters students in entrepreneurship, urban studies, geography, and planning, as well as practitioners involved in urban planning and development. Contributors: N. Bailey, B. Baldauf, S.-A. Barnes, H. Behle, S. Carter, W.A.V. Clark, M. de Hoyos, C. Ekinsmyth, I. Fischer-Krapohl, F. Flogel, S. Gartner, A. Green, H. Hanhoerster, C. Mason, G. Mollenhorst, S. Mwaura, D. Reuschke, V. Schutjens, A. Southern, S. Syrett, M. van Ham, H. Verrest, B. Volker, S. Weck, G. Whittam

Ausgehend von der Erkenntnis, dass Raum nicht nach einem Container-Modell als Behalter unabhangig von Menschen und Objekten existiert und stattdessen die Konstitution von Raum durch gesellschaftliche Prozesse erfolgt, widmet sich der vorliegende Sammelband dem Wohnen als ein gesellschaftlich determiniertes Phanomen, dessen baulich-physische Raumstrukturen (Grosse und raumliche Verteilung von Wohngebauden, Wohnungszuschnitt usw. ) nur im Kontext - sellschaftlicher Entwicklungen zu verstehen sind. Neben der Bedeutung des Alters und der Haushaltsform fur das Verstandnis des Wohnverhaltens von In- viduen und Haushalten hat eine inzwischen grosse Vielzahl von Veroffentlich- gen der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen und der geschlechterdifferenzierenden Wohnforschung die zentrale Bedeutung der wechselseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Wohnen und Geschlecht theoretisiert und empirisch belegt. Wie gesellschaftliche Kontexte und Entwicklungen auf der gesellschaftlichen Makroebene das Wohnen der Geschlechter beeinflussen, wie sich der gesellschaftliche Wandel und die damit verbundenen Veranderungen der Geschlechterverhaltnisse auf das Wohnen auswirken und welche geschlechtss- zifischen Differenzen im Wohnen bestehen das sind die zentralen Fragest- lungen, denen dieser Sammelband nachgeht. Wohnen ist ein existentielles Grundbedurfnis des Menschen. In diesem Sinn ist die Wohnung als ein Ort der Existenzsicherung zu begreifen. Aber Wohnen ist nicht nur die Behausung die Wo hnung, das Haus, die Wohnungseinrichtung im engeren physischen Sinne, sondern Wohnen umfasst auch die bauli- raumlichen und sozial-raumlichen Strukturen, die die alltagliche Lebensgest- tung und Lebensfuhrung von Individuen und Haushalten pragen."