Entrepreneurship and global competitiveness in regional economies determinants and policy implications

• Other Authors: Libecap, Gary D., Hoskinson, Sherry.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
• Series: Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth ; v. 22.
• Subjects: Business & Economics > Entrepreneurship.; Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Business & Economics > Development > Economic Development.; Development economics.; Entrepreneurship.; Regional economics.; Economic geography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781780523958 (electronic bk.) :
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 233 p.) : ill.
• ISSN: 1048-4736

This volume, comprised of authors from the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Europe, centers on the development, transformation, and role of geographic /regional economies-- specifically in the globalized, post-2009 era. The authors address topics that every region must consider in responding to idea age, globally competitive, regionally driven economies. The volume builds on a large body of scholarship specific to regional economic development and geography by providing a much needed post-2009 perspective on regional economic environments and activities. Among the topics addressed are the emergence and boundaries of new economic geographies; the actors, characteristics, and functions of regional innovation systems as well as the opportunities and challenges associated with region-specific cultural and environmental interactions. It also examines the relationship of regional economies to diminishing country based economies and the critical relationship to globalization.