Competition is the seedbed of the entrepreneurial spirit and the driving force of modem economies. The role of the entrepreneur in economic development is very important…
In this paper the literature on entrepreneurship is summarised from the perspective of geographical seedbed conditions and network constellations. We argue that urban areas offer favourable incubator conditions for innovative entrepreneurship, as a result of economies of density and the opportunities created by the city as a nucleus of a broader network. We conclude that a modem entrepreneur tends to become increasingly a network operator and manager…
Author: Nijkamp, Peter
Source: VU University Amsterdam, Business Administration and Econometrics
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