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The Oxford Handbook of Spatial Diversity and Business Economics provides academics, researchers, and advanced students in various disciplines - such as business, economics, and geography - with an overview of the role of diversity in modern advanced economies. For a long time, research from different areas has suggested that diversity is a critical factor in creativity, knowledge generation, innovation, and entrepreneurship at the level of organizations, cities, regions, and whole countries. The chapters in this handbook deal with some of these issues in different ways and add to the existing knowledge on the role of diversity for various economic phenomena. The 16 chapters are organized into the following sections: 1) Diversity and place development: theory and policy development, 2) Workforce and labour market diversity, 3) Diversity and entrepreneurship, and 4) Regional diversity, innovation, and productivity. Furthermore, the introductory chapter of the book provides an overview of some of the main arguments on diversity in theoretical as well as empirical literature that puts the chapter contributions in context.

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Martin Andersson is Professor of Industrial Economics at Blekinge Institute of Technology and Professor of Innovation Studies at CIRCLE, Lund University. He is also at the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum in Stockholm and affiliated researcher to the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). His research focuses on industrial dynamics, innovation, and urban and regional economics. Charlie Karlsson is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping and Professor Emeritus of Industrial Economics at Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona. Sofia Wixe is Associate Professor of Economics at Jönköping International Business School and researcher at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE).

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