Entrepreneurial activity and regional development: an introduction to this special issue

The main objective of this special issue is to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial activity and its impact on regional development. The last convulsive decade, withexpansionary and recessionary economic cycles, offers a good opportunity to study how economi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Guerrero, Maribel, Peña-Legazkue, Iñaki
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/26965
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Entrepreneurship
Regional development
Economic growth
Emprendimiento
Desarrollo regional
Crecimiento económico
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
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Sumario:The main objective of this special issue is to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial activity and its impact on regional development. The last convulsive decade, withexpansionary and recessionary economic cycles, offers a good opportunity to study how economic cyclesaffect the propensity of becomingan entrepreneur and, in turn, to observe how entrepreneurial activity contributes to change (improvement) in the economy. Previous studies have analyzed the complicated endogenous relationship between entrepreneurship andeconomic growth, but thesestudies haveexamined the countries’ performance under a static view. This special issuefocuses on analyzing complex entrepreneurial behavior from a sub-national perspective (examining several regionsin the Spanish autonomous communities) and a dynamic view (using data from several years), which adds rigor and valuable knowledge to this research field.