UID:
almahu_9949082866702882
Format:
1 online resource (368 pages).
ISBN:
9781800371248 (e-book)
Series Statement:
New horizons in regional science series
Content:
"Illuminating and timely, this book explores several theoretical and empirical issues related to the potential for increasing capacities for innovation, knowledge and entrepreneurship. It highlights the current academic and political consensus that calls for policy interventions targeted towards more balanced, inclusive and regionally cohesive growth. Bringing together a wide range of cutting-edge case studies and research on regional potentials, the book explores the need for a focus on the regional inequality aspects of innovating, knowledge and entrepreneurship. Chapters analyse previously underexplored determinants of regional economic growth and development often overlooked in standard growth studies. They offer a deeper understanding of the drivers and implications of sub-national disparities in entrepreneurship and innovation in both developed and developing countries. Scholars and researchers of innovation, entrepreneurship, regional economics and spatial planning will appreciate the blend of empirical and theoretical viewpoints in the book. It will also be a useful tool for policymakers, planners and consultants involved in economic development and regional policies on different scales"--
Note:
1. Introduction to unlocking regional innovation and entrepreneurship: The potential for increasing capacities / Iréne Bernhard, Urban Gråsjö and Charlie Karlsson -- 2. Activating and redirecting regional potentials through innovation and entrepreneurship: An explorative study of European regions / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl Sørensen -- 3. Urban innovation districts as hotspots for innovators / Claudia Trillo -- 4. Entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship policy and regional innovation systems / Helen Lawton Smith -- 5. Industrial policy in developed countries: A difficult but important policy area / Charlie Karlsson and Sam Tavassoli -- 6. Cultural policy for unlocking potentials of cultural activities in diverse regions / Giedrė Dzemydaitė -- 7. Assessing the role of entropy on economic complexity in Italian regions / Roberto Antonietti and Chiara Burlina -- 8. Regional institutions and small business in Russia / Yulia V. Tsareva, Stepan P. Zemtsov and Vera A. Barinova -- 9. Hiring the first employee: An international exploration on the considerations leading to job creation by the solo self-employed / Albert Kraaij and Saskia Rademaker -- 10. How patenting and self-employment have affected us metropolitan growth / Gordon F. Mulligan -- 11. Automation of income support in the public social services: A case study of an innovation that is still struggling / Elin Wihlborg and Mariana S. Gustafsson -- 12. Businessization and collaboration of the citizen/non-profit sector in Japan / Masashi Imase -- 13. Complementary smart specialization in a key Polish region / Patryk Czerwony, Mirosław Miller and Tomasz Mroczkowski -- 14. Higher education and inclusion: A comparative study of immigrants' challenges, opportunities and strategies in Sweden and South Africa / Victoria Johansson and Deeqa Odaway -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800371231 (hardback)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781800371231/9781800371231.xml
