We revisit the concept of urban entrepreneurialism to highlight some of its variety. In
particular, the present article refocuses discussion on: processes of innovation, bringing …

Over the last two decades, urban geographers have been seemingly preoccupied with
theorizing the apparent transformation of western cities. Particular attention has been …

The entrepreneurial city is no longer (only) a growth machine: recession and austerity, new
forms of financialization, and diverse experiments in urban policy have diluted local elites' …

Conventional approaches to local economic development are failing to address deepening
polarisation both within and between city regions across advanced capitalist economies. At …

This commentary reflects on varieties of urban entrepreneurialism and rethinks its
application to China. I argue that the state is proactively using market instruments for more …

'How many successful convention centres, sports stadia, disney-worlds, harbour places and
spectaca ular shopping malls can there be?'(Harvey 1989, p. 12). precise answers to this …

In recent years, urban governance has become increasingly preoccupied with the
exploration of new ways in which to foster and encourage local development and …

Whilst St Petersburg is not usually considered as a command-and-control centre in the
organisation of global capitalism—a key characterisation of world cities to some proponents …

This paper draws on the 'entrepreneurial turn'literatures to examine the current
redevelopment of East Manchester. It makes three contributions to our existing empirical and …

This paper explores the co-production of urban entrepreneurialism by examining the work of
civil society groups in producing mobile models of slum entrepreneurialism. While slums …