Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy

by Karlsson; Charlie

• ISBN13: 9780415701631
• ISBN10: 0415701635
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Entrepreneurship has long been seen as a major vehicle for economic development and growth and it has attracted researchers from a variety of disciplines with very diverse analytical approaches. The vast amount of research that has been conducted so far has raised certain pertinent questions which remain unanswered; questions such as: which model to apply in practical policy work? are other models equally viable? What are the implications of the different models? and how can and should they be used to guide the formulation and implementation of entrepreneurship policies? Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in the Knowledge Economyhighlights the role of individual economic agents with endowments of new knowledge or new combinations of old knowledge as entrepreneurs, and thus identifies them as dynamic factors in the knowledge economy. The book also examines the role of clusters and agglomerations for these entrepreneurs in the knowledge economy.

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	x
List of contributors	xiii
Preface	xv
Origin and development of the knowledge economy in functional regions	1	(11)
Roger R. Stough
Dynamics and entrepreneurship in a knowledge-based economy	12	(35)
Charlie Karlsson
Borje Johansson
Measuring dispersion economies	47	(26)
Karen R. Polenske
Yu Li
Inherited resources and company support as a basis for new firm foundation: a taxonomy of founding types: start-ups, spin-outs and spin-offs	73	(21)
Sierdjan Koster
Leo J.G. Van Wissen
Co-location of manufacturing and producer services: a simultaneous equations approach	94	(31)
Martin Andersson
New firm survival and human capital	125	(24)
Zoltan J. Acs
Catherine Armington
Turnover and mobility of firms and establishments in the Swedish service sector: a structural survey	149	(18)
Per-Olof Bjuggren
Johan Eklund
Silicon Valley's regional advantages: evidence from venture capital data	167	(22)
Junfu Zhang
Clusters of patents in Sweden	189	(27)
Mats Wilhelmsson
Roland Andersson
Jan Gutman
Mattias Strombom
Information and communication technology sector developments in European and United States metropolitan areas	216	(20)
Bo Carlsson
Thomas Paulsson
Analyzing the agglomeration pattern within the Swedish ICT sector: ICT and urbanization	236	(21)
Mattias Olsson-Ruppel
Spatial ICT clusters in Sweden: an empirical method to identify necessary conditions for existence	257	(24)
Charlie Karlsson
Charlotta Mellander
Thomas Paulsson
Inter-firm and inter-institution networks as the organizational basis of environment-oriented innovation projects	281	(27)
Sabine Sedlacek
Uwe Schubert
Integrating regional models for decision support	308	(29)
Kingsley E. Haynes
Mustafa Dinc
Murat Tarimcilar
The role of local professional support to potential entrepreneurs	337	(25)
Ingela Solvell
Tommy Larsson
Index	362