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Westlund, Hans; Bolton, Roger

doi:10.1023/a:1025024009072

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“…As Westlund and Bolton [35] argue, the primary role of social capital is to give small firms a producer surplus. In this sense, it is comparable to other forms of capital.…”

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Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

2016

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Urban and rural areas differ in economic, social and environmental terms. Due to the diverging dynamics in urban and rural areas, the social and economic distance between them might increase in the future even more. Rural entrepreneurs with linkages to urban areas are able to bridge the rural-urban divide by accessing some of the urban features, such as knowledge and markets, while at the same time profiting from the advantages of their peripheral location. This paper highlights exploratory results from qualitative interviews with rural entrepreneurs, and we illustrate entrepreneurial linkages to urban centers. The interview data show that rural entrepreneurs with rural-urban linkages develop sensibility for core market demands and trends, they valuate rural assets, and they combine rural and urban sources of knowledge for innovation. Through their entrepreneurial activity, rural entrepreneurs with linkages to urban areas might constitute an opposite force to polarizing concentration of economic activities in cities. Hence, rural entrepreneurs with urban linkages might contribute to sustainable economic relationships between urban and rural areas.

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“…As Westlund and Bolton [35] argue, the primary role of social capital is to give small firms a producer surplus. In this sense, it is comparable to other forms of capital.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

2016

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“…work, family, colleagues, etc.). In the field of regional science, a noteworthy study was produced by Westlund and Bolton (2003) who evaluated its impact on entrepreneurship and compared it with other forms of capital. In this section we highlight a few selected studies on social capital and focus, against the background of spatial and social networks, in particular on those related to accessibility at a local level.…”

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“…Without a degree of common identification with forms of governance, cultural norms, and social rules, it is difficult to imagine a functioning society. ' Clearly, social capital may act as a stimulus for a solid and trustful economy (see, e.g., Putnam 1995;Westlund and Bolton 2003), and hence create a buffer against external shocks, but it may also create a conservative and inert attitude, and hence delay the dynamic response which may be needed to cope with systemic disruptions (Martin and Sunley 2006). Consequently, social capital is relevant not only for contacts between people, but also as the framework for human interaction and the substance of communication.…”

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Social Capital, Resilience and Accessibility in Urban Systems: a Study on Sweden

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Dolciotti²,

Reggiani

et al. 2018

Netw Spat Econ

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Spatial systems appear to exhibit often a complex pattern of socio-economic development, in terms of (un)employment, income, mobility, ethnic composition, and urbanisation rates. Their evolution is co-determined by such factors as: market proximity, labour and housing market developments, public amenities, use of and access to transport systems, socio-economic composition of the population, etc. In addition, a sine qua non for sustaining urban economic growth is the local or regional presence of individual and collective cognitive assets that favour knowledge acquisition and transfer, education, innovation, and creativity. In this context, social capital and spatial accessibility are critical factors. The present paper aims to provide an operational framework for mapping out and understanding the mechanisms which drive spatial systems from the perspective of the resilience of urban areas, in the light of their social capital in combination with accessibility. Particular attention is therefore given to the essential role of social capital and transport accessibility in shaping both the economic For our quantitative analysis of the Swedish urban system, a quantile regression model is introduced and applied in order to study which urban-economic factors in Sweden determine the different levels of social capital, which are seen here as the fundamental component of the resilience capacity of urban areas.

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“…It also plays an important role in the post-entry performance of new firms as it is conditional upon building linkages to potential partners, customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and investors (Michelacci and Silva 2007;Zander 2004). Extended local networks facilitate this process (Westlund and Bolton 2003). In that respect, local embeddedness improves the quality of local knowledge exchange (Bürcher et al 2016) and reduces search costs (Stam and Bosma 2014) and risks (Westlund and Bolton 2003) associated with entrepreneurial entry.…”

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“…Extended local networks facilitate this process (Westlund and Bolton 2003). In that respect, local embeddedness improves the quality of local knowledge exchange (Bürcher et al 2016) and reduces search costs (Stam and Bosma 2014) and risks (Westlund and Bolton 2003) associated with entrepreneurial entry.…”

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The role of local embeddedness and non-local knowledge in entrepreneurial activity

Martynovich

2017

Small Bus Econ

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The article investigates whether the history of individuals' spatial relocation has an impact on their propensity to perform an entrepreneurial entry and post-entry performance of firms they start. By looking at entrepreneurs in the IT services sector in Swedish non-core regions between 1991 and 2010, the article investigates the interaction between individuals' embeddedness in local networks and their exposure to external knowledge accumulation opportunities across different geographical settings, as well as its impact on their entrepreneurial activities. The results of the analysis suggest that individuals with broad spatial relocation histories are more likely to start IT firms in non-core regions, which, in turn, may be expected to survive longer. It is, therefore, claimed that non-local knowledge accumulated through spatial relocation is an important complement to embeddedness in local networks in noncore regions. This complementarity is further related to the evolution of the IT services sector over time.

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Cited by 350 publications

References 76 publications

Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

Rural–Urban Linkages and Sustainable Regional Development: The Role of Entrepreneurs in Linking Peripheries and Centers

Social Capital, Resilience and Accessibility in Urban Systems: a Study on Sweden

The role of local embeddedness and non-local knowledge in entrepreneurial activity

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