Changes in Regional Firm Founding Activities: A Theoretical Explanation and Empirical Evidence

ISBN-13: 9780415404099 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 288 str.

Dirk Fornahl;Dirk Fornahl

Opis

Of interest to industrial and regional economists as well as those working in business schools, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the reasons and determinants of firm creation. The author, based at the Max Planck Institute - one of the leading centres for evolutionary economics - using a multi-disciplinary approach analyzes the topic according ro a broad tripartite framework, emphasizing:

• regional determinants
• industrial determinants
• individual determinants.

An invaluable resource, this book is a useful addition to the bookshelves of experts in the field of decision making, in both the public and private domain.

Part of the highly successful Studies in Global Competition series and written by an author based at the Max Planck Institute in Germany – one of the world’s leading centres of evolutionary economics, this book looks at the medium to long term development of firm founding activity.

Developing a framework with which to focus on development and change in regional firm founding activities and split into two sections, it:

• explores changes in regional firm founding activities; looking at empirical evidence based on the analysis of fifty German regions
• examines positive examples or 'role models' that can lead to change in regional start-up activities, analyzing its impact both theoretically and empirically in the German town of Jena.

Incisive and based on empirical research, this book is a key resource for students engaged with change and development in entrepreneurial and regional start-up activities and the environmental impact of start up decisions as well as to policy makers in this area.

 

 

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Considerations and Changes in Regional Firm Founding Activities 3. Empirical Evidence 4. Positive Examples and their Impact on Regional Start-up Activities 5. Conclusions

O autorze

Dirk Fornahl