Entrepreneurship is crucial for economic growth, yet comparatively little research has
examined the relationship between institutions and new firm formation. I test the impact of …

Whilst azeas with well-developed Venture Capital (VC) networks, such as Silicon Valley and
Boston's Route 128, have been extensively investigated, areas with less-developed …

Despite the rhetoric in the popular and business press trumpeting the removal of 'the
limitations of geography', a number of researchers have demonstrated that rather than …

Research summary: Governments in emerging economies often use institutional
intermediaries to promote entrepreneurship, and bridge the void between ventures and …

Most existing theories of relationship formation imply that actors form highly cohesive ties
that aggregate into homogenous clusters, but actual networks also include many “distant” …

This paper empirically examines the development of social networks among venture
capitalists and other professionals of the regional innovation ecosystem. Using an online …

Aggregated country-level statistics and regulatory aspects of institutions alone fail to explain
the increasing emergence of promising ventures in developing contexts. We argue …

The vibrancy of regional economies and the degree of entrepreneurial activity is certainly
affected by the anatomy of local social capital. Current research has not yet developed an …

The geography of financial markets has been a subject of interest for geographers and
regional economists for at least three decades. One of the main themes of this research has …

Drawing on extensive new research through dozens of interviews with entrepreneurial
champions in diverse sectors, Creating Regional Wealth in the Global Innovation Economy …