ISBN:
9783030151645
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (301 pages)
Series Statement:
The Urban Book Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
307.1416
Keywords:
Community development, Urban
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- 1 Introduction: Cities and Entrepreneurship -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Measures -- 1.3 Cities and Entrepreneurship: What Enables and/or Hinders Entrepreneurship? -- 1.3.1 City Size, Density, and Quality of Life -- 1.3.2 Knowledge and Agglomeration -- 1.3.3 City Governance, Collective Action, and Resilience -- 1.3.4 Social Capital, Technology and Networks -- 1.4 About the Book -- 1.4.1 Part-I: Startups and Entrepreneurial Opportunities -- 1.4.2 Part-II: Knowledge Spillover -- 1.4.3 Part-III: Social and Bureaucratic Entrepreneurialism -- 1.4.4 Part IV: Demography and Informal Entrepreneurship -- 1.4.5 Part-V: Perspectives from Emerging and Developing Economies -- References -- Startups and Entrepreneurial Opportunities -- 2 The City as Startup Machine: The Urban Underpinnings of Modern Entrepreneurship -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Conceptualizing Entrepreneurship and Cities -- 2.3 The Role of Large Cities in Entrepreneurial Startup Activity -- 2.4 The Clustering of Entrepreneurial Activity in Urban Neighborhoods -- 2.5 The Rise of Urban-Tech -- 2.6 Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- 3 Cities as Custodians for Entrepreneurial Opportunity -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Entrepreneurial Opportunity: A City Lens -- 3.3 Push Factor 1: City Configuration -- 3.4 Push Factor 2: City Connectivity -- 3.5 Push Factor 3: City Culture -- 3.6 Policy Recommendations -- References -- Knowledge Spillover -- 4 The Role of Knowledge City Features in Nurturing Entrepreneurship: Evidence from EU Cities -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Theoretical Background: Knowledge Cities and Entrepreneurship -- 4.2.1 Entrepreneurship and Urban System Factors -- 4.2.2 Entrepreneurship and the Knowledge City.
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