This paper reviews the empirical evidence of persistent levels of regional self-employment
and new business formation and the effect this persistence has on development. It is argued …

With rapid globalization, the world-wide spread of powerful multinationals, and the
increasing influence of multilateral agencies (eg, the World Bank or IMF), societies in …

Research on entrepreneurial ecosystems (EEs) has tended to focus on the role that
characteristics internal to the EE play in determining EE-level outcomes. Notwithstanding the …

Efforts in US cities to support the emergence of the “maker economy” could take urban-level
industrial policy in a new direction. Optimistic projections about the potential of the maker …

Inspired by research on the importance of entrepreneurship for sustained economic growth
and improved well-being, many governments and non-governmental grant-making …

Entrepreneurial activity exhibits significant geographical variations within and across
countries, both in terms of start-ups and scale-ups. As entrepreneurs typically found their …

In recent years, there has been a growing focus on entrepreneurship as a principal source of
economic growth. Many economic development practitioners and public policymakers are …

Enterprise and entrepreneurship are of strong interest to policy-makers because new and
small firms can be key contributors to job and wealth creation. However, this contribution …

Entrepreneurship is often seen as a major driver of economic change (Malecki, 1994;
Metcalfe, 2004) and regional development dynamics–particularly in peripheral regions–are …