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“…The multilevel modelling approach allowed us to incorporate spatial characteristics in our estimations with very low within-variation, but permits correlation rather than causal inference. We can therefore only partly disregard this problem by referring to other studies, such as Fritsch and Wyrwich (2016) and Bublitz, Fritsch, and Wyrwich (2015), which make causal inference evident for some of the mechanisms similar to those theorized in this paper. Notes 1.…”

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The geography of starts-ups in Sweden. The role of human capital, social capital and agglomeration

Eriksson

Rataj

2019

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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In academia as well as in policy circles, entrepreneurial activities are placed at the focal point for regional development. However, geographical factors such as urbanization and peripherality are often neglected in this strand of research despite the increasing need for place-specific policies. The aim of this paper is therefore to analyse how start-up rates vary across municipalities in Sweden 2002-2012 by focussing on spatial differences of human capital, social capital, entrepreneurial culture and industrial specialization. Our multilevel models show how the degree of rurality and peripherality, respectively, moderates the role of different regional resources. The paper concludes by suggesting the formulation of separate policies considering urban, rural and more peripheral regions.

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The geography of starts-ups in Sweden. The role of human capital, social capital and agglomeration

Eriksson

Rataj

2019

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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“…The institutional context influences the nature, pace, and extent of entrepreneurship as well as the way entrepreneurs behave (Welter & Smallbone, 2011). According to Langevang et al (2015), institutional embeddedness can be interpreted from three distinct dimensions: cultural-cognitive, normative, and regulatory. The cultural-cognitive dimension refers to "the shared conceptions that constitute the nature of social reality and the frames through which meaning is made" (Scott, 2014, p. 67) and reflects the extent to which individuals believe that they have the skills and competencies to run businesses (Amine & Staub, 2009).…”

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“…Mixed embeddedness has been proven to be a powerful concept to analyze the process and consequences of entrepreneurial activities of entrepreneurs suffering from little accessibility to entrepreneurial resources. In addition to literature on IIEs, the concept has been adopted in research on new graduate entrepreneurs (Mwasalwiba, Dahles, & Wakkee, 2012) and female entrepreneurs (Langevang, Gough, Yankson, Owusu, & Osei, 2015).…”

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Mixed embeddedness and entrepreneurial activities of rural migrants in the host region: The case of Yuhuan City, China

Zhu

Feng

Pan

2019

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This study seeks to investigate how rural migrants from less developed areas survive the hurdles of starting businesses in the host region in China from the perspective of mixed embeddedness. Based on 40 interviews via a snowballing survey strategy in Yuhuan City, Zhejiang Province, it is shown that rural migrant workers (RMWs) create their own enterprises through social and institutional embeddedness. Rural migrants can benefit from social embeddedness, particularly by developing relationships with local entrepreneurs and managers in local firms and other rural migrant entrepreneurs (RMEs) in their entrepreneurial activities. Further, it is also important for RMEs to embed institutionally in the host region in various ways. RMEs have been inspired by the local entrepreneurial tradition and culture of Yuhuan. In addition, the policies of both the host region and RMEs' hometowns have impacts on their entrepreneurial activities. Interestingly, RMEs can improve their institutional embeddedness by participating in the joint public governance on RMWs initiated by the hometown government.

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Accounting for Sustainability in Asia: Stock Market Regulation and Reporting in Hong Kong and Singapore

2019

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Sustainability reporting 'nudges' firms into behaving more sustainably by forcing them to account publicly for their wider social and environmental performance. This libertarian paternalist approach to governance through disclosure rather than command-and-control regulation is well established in Anglo-Saxon jurisdictions, but comparatively untested in the emerging markets of Asia where different state traditions and forms of business organization raise questions about its transferability and effectiveness. This paper contributes to research on corporate social responsibility, neoliberal environmental governance, and Asian varieties of capitalism by providing the first comparative analysis of the origins, design, and initial impact of new sustainability reporting requirements on the stock markets of Hong Kong and Singapore. In mandating sustainability reporting, both exchanges were similarly concerned with following international norms and competitors but differed in the style and granularity of their company disclosure requirements. These policy design choices reflected different developmental state traditions and the different audiences that market regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore sought to influence through these public accounts. Notwithstanding substantial differences between Hong Kong's rules-based and Singapore's principlesbased approach to reporting, the response in both markets was remarkably similar. In both cases sustainability reporting was largely ignored by local market players who dismissed it as a foreign practice of interest to only a small number of western institutional investors and providing little incentive to go beyond tick box compliance. These findings raise questions about the effectiveness of disclosure requirements at nudging Asian businesses towards sustainability.JEL codes: D22, G14, G38, M48

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The geography of starts-ups in Sweden. The role of human capital, social capital and agglomeration

The geography of starts-ups in Sweden. The role of human capital, social capital and agglomeration

Mixed embeddedness and entrepreneurial activities of rural migrants in the host region: The case of Yuhuan City, China

Accounting for Sustainability in Asia: Stock Market Regulation and Reporting in Hong Kong and Singapore

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