Entrepreneurship in the Periphery: Geography and resources

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Datum
2008Autorin/Autor
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Zur LanganzeigeType
02 - Monographie
Primary target group
Science
Created while belonging to FHNW?
No
Zusammenfassung
This paper acknowledges that many peripheral regions are in a state of
transformation due to globalization, shortened spatial, technological and even
cognitive distances. Likewise, entrepreneurial activity in peripheral regions is
in a state of transformation often benefiting from these changes. What is
often thought to be a bastion of non-novel, imitative entrepreneurship, the
periphery is showing signs of flourishing entrepreneurial activity that is at
times quite creative. In some cases, if entrepreneurial action is not
necessarily creative, it still holds benefits to the individual or community in
question. To better understand entrepreneurship in the periphery, this paper
places four different types of peripheries in a matrix comparing them to the
structures of entrepreneurial resources (institutional, industrial, human
capabilities, and socio-cultural). By doing this, the resource palette of a
region can be examined as to it’s viability in sustaining desired forms of
entrepreneurship. It can also isolate specific resource weaknesses before
entrepreneurship development programs are carried out.