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View article: Who Benefits the Most from Micro-Credit? Micro-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Who Benefits the Most from Micro-Credit? Micro-Level Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Open
This paper moves beyond typical mean effect analysis to examine who truly benefits from micro-credit. Utilising household-level panel data from 2010 to 2019 for a sample of Sub-Saharan African countries, via a quantile panel framework, we …
View article: Behavioural theory and regional development: nurturing cultures of possibility
Behavioural theory and regional development: nurturing cultures of possibility Open
This paper explores how regions can catalyse behavioural change and nurture cultures of possibility. ‘Possibility’ refers to emergent patterns of human behaviour resulting in alternative and improved outcomes for citizens and their regions…
View article: Levelling-up national economies through regional development? a panel fsQCA approach applied to Great Britain
Levelling-up national economies through regional development? a panel fsQCA approach applied to Great Britain Open
There is currently renewed policy focus on ‘levelling-up’ economic performance across Great Britain’s regions and nations. Heterogeneous historical regional economic experiences lead to questions over the need for policy differences and tr…
View article: Understanding the contemporary history of urban economic change: The case of entrepreneurial innovation
Understanding the contemporary history of urban economic change: The case of entrepreneurial innovation Open
In the opening decades of the twenty‐first century certain cities around the world emerged as hubs of entrepreneurial innovation. This paper explores this urban economic change phenomenon through in‐depth and comparative qualitative analys…
View article: Entrepreneurial ecosystems, agency and regional development: Emergence and new path creation in the Cardiff city region
Entrepreneurial ecosystems, agency and regional development: Emergence and new path creation in the Cardiff city region Open
This paper addresses the process of entrepreneurial ecosystem emergence in regions and the mechanisms through which new industrial paths are created. It focuses on the context of a relatively weak economic region and develops a mode of ana…
View article: Financial literacy and advice perceptions among UK higher education students: an ethnicity tale?
Financial literacy and advice perceptions among UK higher education students: an ethnicity tale? Open
Although considerable efforts have been made in many countries to raise the financial literacy of those from disadvantaged backgrounds, it is unclear whether these are having an effect. This is particularly the case for those of ethnic min…
View article: The relationship between foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship: The impact and scale of investments in China
The relationship between foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship: The impact and scale of investments in China Open
Both entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment (FDI) are frequently identified as being sources of local and regional economic growth. However, the relationship between the two is not always clear, with a negative competition effect a…
View article: Defining networks in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the openness of ecosystems
Defining networks in entrepreneurial ecosystems: the openness of ecosystems Open
The paper draws on network theory to employ concepts of homophily and heterophily to investigate whether the presence of familiar, unfamiliar or a mix of actors in an entrepreneurial ecosystem is related to start-up rates. The empirical fo…
View article: Human agency, network dynamics and regional development: the behavioural principles of new path creation
Human agency, network dynamics and regional development: the behavioural principles of new path creation Open
New path creation processes are a vital component of regional economic development. This paper establishes a behavioural framework to examine and understand such processes. It is argued that human agency and the network dynamics through wh…
View article: Prelims
Prelims Open
Citation (2022), "Prelims", Pickernell, D.G., Battisti, M., Dann, Z. and Ekinsmyth, C. (Ed.) Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing L…
View article: Historical industrialisation, path dependence and contemporary culture: the lasting imprint of economic heritage on local communities
Historical industrialisation, path dependence and contemporary culture: the lasting imprint of economic heritage on local communities Open
Culture matters for regional economic development and is one source of cognitive lock-in that influences path creation and dependency. However, little is known about the sources of regional variation in culture. This study explores the lon…
View article: Universities and open innovation: the determinants of network centrality
Universities and open innovation: the determinants of network centrality Open
This paper addresses the ‘network’ and ‘open innovation’ paradigms by seeking to examine the factors associated with structural positioning within university–industry networks. Drawing upon a network analysis of knowledge-based ties held b…
View article: Human behaviour and economic growth: A psychocultural perspective on local and regional development
Human behaviour and economic growth: A psychocultural perspective on local and regional development Open
A renewed emphasis on behavioural traits has emerged as a means of explaining regional and local differences in economic performance and development. Given this, the aim of this study is to identify distinct local psychocultural behavioura…
View article: The foreign business and domestic enterprise relationship: Its implications for local entrepreneurial resilience
The foreign business and domestic enterprise relationship: Its implications for local entrepreneurial resilience Open
Both domestic small- and medium-sized enterprises and foreign direct investment are often seen as key parts in helping economies to withstand and recover from shocks. What is less clear is the impact that a greater presence of foreign-owne…
View article: Challenges and issues facing ethnic minority small business owners
Challenges and issues facing ethnic minority small business owners Open
Studies investigating the challenges and barriers faced by ethnic minority entrepreneurs have often concentrated on areas where there is a large supportive ethnic minority community. Less work has been conducted on the experience of those …
View article: Introducing regional competitiveness and development: contemporary theories and perspectives
Introducing regional competitiveness and development: contemporary theories and perspectives Open
The field of regional development is subject to an ever increasing multiplicity of concepts and theories seeking to explain uneven development across regional contexts. One concept and theoretical tool that has endured and remained keenly …
View article: UK Competitiveness Index 2016
UK Competitiveness Index 2016 Open
This 2016 edition of the UK Competitiveness Index (UKCI) represents a benchmarking of the competitiveness of the UK’s localities, including its cities, and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas and the equivalent city regions in the dev…