Entrepreneurship in Cities

Neighbourhoods, Households and Homes

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

Av Colin Mason, Darja Reuschke, Stephen Syrett, Maarten van Ham

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Entrepreneurship in Cities focuses on the neglected role of the home and the residential neighbourhood context for entrepreneurship and businesses within cities. The overall objective of the book is to develop a new interdisciplinary perspective that links entrepreneurship research with neighbourhood and urban studies. A key contribution is to show that entrepreneurship in cities is more than agglomeration economies and high-tech clusters.This is the first book to connect entrepreneurship with neighbourhoods and homes, recognising that business activity in the city is not confined to central business districts, high streets and industrial estates but is also increasingly found in residential neighbourhoods. It highlights the importance of home-based businesses for the economy of cities. These often overlooked types of businesses and workers significantly contribute to the 'buzz' that makes cities favourable places to live and work.Including interdisciplinary and international perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for researchers and Masters students in entrepreneurship, urban studies, geography, and planning, as well as practitioners involved in urban planning and development.Contributors: N. Bailey, B. Baldauf, S.-A. Barnes, H. Behle, S. Carter, W.A.V. Clark, M. de Hoyos, C. Ekinsmyth, I. Fischer-Krapohl, F. Flogel, S. Gartner, A. Green, H. Hanhörster, C. Mason, G. Mollenhorst, S. Mwaura, D. Reuschke, V. Schutjens, A. Southern, S. Syrett, M. van Ham, H. Verrest, B. Volker, S. Weck, G. Whittam

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Utgivningsdatum2015-12-18
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781784711993

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Edited by Colin Mason, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Darja Reuschke, Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, Stephen Syrett, Professor of Local Economic Development, Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research, Middlesex University, UK and Maarten van Ham, Professor, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, DelftUniversity of Technology, the Netherlands and University of St Andrews, UK

Contents:1. Connecting Entrepreneurship with Neighbourhoods and HomesDarja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett and Maarten van HamPART I ENTREPRENEURSHIP, NEIGHBOURHOODS AND SPACE2. The Place of Neighbourhood in Entrepreneurship: Attitudes, Resources and SortingNick Bailey3. Neighbourhoods and the Structure of Society: Implications for Work and Residence in the Internet Age William A.V. Clark 4. ICT, Internet-enabled Work and Implications for Space and EntrepreneurshipAnne Green, Maria de Hoyos, Sally-Anne Barnes, Beate Baldauf and Heike Behle5. The Re-appropriation of Enterprise and Urban EntrepreneurialismAlan Southern and Geoff WhittamPART II NEIGHBOURHOODS, SOCIAL NETWORKS AND EMBEDDEDNESS6. Enterprising Mothers in Residential Neighbourhoods: The Role of Local Social CapitalCarol Ekinsmyth7. Changing Social Networks of Entrepreneurs in Dutch Residential NeighbourhoodsVeronique Schutjens, Gerald Mollenhorst and Beate Volker8. Ethnic Entrepreneurship: Interlinked Business and Residential Local ChoicesHeike Hanhörster, Sabine Weck and Ivonne Fischer-Krapohl9. Deprived Neighbourhoods as Capital for EnterprisesFranz Flögel and Stefan Gärtner PART III HOME AND HOUSEHOLD10. Entrepreneurship as the Business of the HouseholdSamuel Mwaura and Sara Carter11. Urban Home-based Businesses – How Distinct are the Businesses and their Owners?Darja Reuschke and Colin Mason12. The Mixed Role of Local Communities in Home-based Economic Activities in Caribbean CitiesHebe VerrestPART IV CONCLUSIONS13. Integrating Entrepreneurship with Urban and Neighbourhood Studies: Lessons for Future ResearchDarja Reuschke, Colin Mason, Stephen Syrett and Maarten van HamIndex

‘This volume addresses the increase in the number of firms in mixed or residential neighbourhoods. It offers a balanced and well-informed set of contributions on this significant spatial shift. These contributions focus on how these businesses make use of the Internet, how they are affected by urban policies, how they are embedded (also in an emotional sense) in their neighbourhoods, and how work and care are combined in home-based businesses. This volume, then, provides a timely and highly relevant comprehensive view of an important phenomenon not just in the Global North but also in the Global South.’