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Author:   Pierre-André Julien
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781847203885

ISBN 10:   1847203884
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   27 November 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword by Anders Lundström Introduction Part I: Context: The Knowledge Economy and Different Dynamics 1. The Knowledge Economy: Uncertainty, Ambiguity and Potential 2. Differentiated Entrepreneurship: Regional and Local Disparities Part II: The Main Actors: Entrepreneurs, Organizations and Milieux – their Capacity to Develop Knowledge 3. Entrepreneurs 4. The Learning Organization: Information-gathering Strategies Used by Small Businesses 5. The Entrepreneurial Milieu: The Key to Creating a Distinct Local Identity Part III: The Factors: Information, Networks and Innovation – Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Entrepreneurship 6. Information: The First Necessary Condition for Reducing Uncertainty and Ambiguity 7. Networks: A Second Necessary Condition – The Sharing of Information Leading to Innovation 8. Innovation: A Sufficient Condition Part IV: The Functioning of Local Entrepreneurship: Dynamism through Contagion 9. Intelligence Networking: Developing a Dynamic Regional Fabric 10. Entrepreneurial Contagion and Knowledge Acquisition 11. Conclusion: Towards a New Theory of Entrepreneurship Bibliography Index

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'The principal audience for this book seems to be deliberately and most certainly an academic one; that said, those practitioners from a business management or central/local government support-agency background might also find the text a useful resource. Intrinsically, those employed teaching and researching within the fields of entrepreneurship or regional economic development will find this publication an invaluable and indispensable reference tool... After an excellent, cohesive and informative introductory chapter, which places the book firmly in the field of regional entrepreneurship theory development, the reader is effortlessly prepared for the intellectually challenging read ahead... this book is well laid out and it is easy for the reader to pick up the thread of the argument, even after a lay-off. The endnotes after each chapter are useful and comprehensive, adding richness to the text through the additional information. The bibliography is as comprehensive as it is exhaustive... Professor Julien has given us a book that presents both an interesting and alternative perspective to the field of entrepreneurial cross-disciplinary research.' -- Paul J. Ferri, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research '... it is my view that this book gives a very important contribution for the understanding of development of local entrepreneurship, through its cross-disciplinary approach. I see the book is especially interesting from an entrepreneurship and a regional development perspective... this book should inspire research that takes a more holistic approach using different levels of analysis and applies it to economic development at a local/territorial level, when studying entrepreneurship.' -- Einar Lier Madsen, International Small Business Journal 'The reader who is interested in entrepreneurship and/or regional development will find this book a welcome contribution to the field.' -- Rainer Harms, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

'The principal audience for this book seems to be deliberately and most certainly an academic one; that said, those practitioners from a business management or central/local government support-agency background might also find the text a useful resource. Intrinsically, those employed teaching and researching within the fields of entrepreneurship or regional economic development will find this publication an invaluable and indispensable reference tool. . . After an excellent, cohesive and informative introductory chapter, which places the book firmly in the field of regional entrepreneurship theory development, the reader is effortlessly prepared for the intellectually challenging read ahead. . . this book is well laid out and it is easy for the reader to pick up the thread of the argument, even after a lay-off. The endnotes after each chapter are useful and comprehensive, adding richness to the text through the additional information. The bibliography is as comprehensive as it is exhaustive. . . Professor Julien has given us a book that presents both an interesting and alternative perspective to the field of entrepreneurial cross-disciplinary research.' -- Paul J. Ferri, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research '. . . it is my view that this book gives a very important contribution for the understanding of development of local entrepreneurship, through its cross-disciplinary approach. I see the book is especially interesting from an entrepreneurship and a regional development perspective. . . this book should inspire research that takes a more holistic approach using different levels of analysis and applies it to economic development at a local/territorial level, when studying entrepreneurship.' -- Einar Lier Madsen, International Small Business Journal 'The reader who is interested in entrepreneurship and/or regional development will find this book a welcome contribution to the field.'- Rainer Harms, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

`The principal audience for this book seems to be deliberately and most certainly an academic one; that said, those practitioners from a business management or central/local government support-agency background might also find the text a useful resource. Intrinsically, those employed teaching and researching within the fields of entrepreneurship or regional economic development will find this publication an invaluable and indispensable reference tool. . . After an excellent, cohesive and informative introductory chapter, which places the book firmly in the field of regional entrepreneurship theory development, the reader is effortlessly prepared for the intellectually challenging read ahead. . . this book is well laid out and it is easy for the reader to pick up the thread of the argument, even after a lay-off. The endnotes after each chapter are useful and comprehensive, adding richness to the text through the additional information. The bibliography is as comprehensive as it is exhaustive. . . Professor Julien has given us a book that presents both an interesting and alternative perspective to the field of entrepreneurial cross-disciplinary research.' -- Paul J. Ferri, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research `. . . it is my view that this book gives a very important contribution for the understanding of development of local entrepreneurship, through its cross-disciplinary approach. I see the book is especially interesting from an entrepreneurship and a regional development perspective. . . this book should inspire research that takes a more holistic approach using different levels of analysis and applies it to economic development at a local/territorial level, when studying entrepreneurship.' -- Einar Lier Madsen, International Small Business Journal `The reader who is interested in entrepreneurship and/or regional development will find this book a welcome contribution to the field.' -- Rainer Harms, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Author Information

Pierre-André Julien, Professor Emeritus in the Economics of SMEs, Institute of Research on Small Business, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada

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