Co-working spaces for promoting entrepreneurship in sparse regions: the case of South Wales

Fuzi, Anita

doi:10.1080/21681376.2015.1072053

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“…Policy interventions have often looked to bring entrepreneurs together, although the degree of success is often dependent on the infrastructure and institutions developed (Fuzi 2015;Murphy, Huggins and Thompson 2015).…”

Section: Entrepreneurship and Survival In The Peripherymentioning

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Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions

Huggins

Prokop

Thompson

2017

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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Despite a growing body of research on firm survival, little is known about the factors impacting upon survival rates at a micro-spatial level. This study, therefore, analyses firm survival across local environments in the context of a peripheral region; namely, the case of Wales in the UK. It examines how theories relating to human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions may explain survival within a region. Drawing on data of survival patterns for a cohort of firms, it is found that each of the three theories at least partly explain firm survival, with it being clear that human capital relating to the experience of entrepreneurs, as well as the growth motivation of their firms resulting from the strategic choices they make, impact upon rates of survival. It is also found that the local environment contributes to the likelihood of its survival. In particular, it is found that locational factors have a potential influence on the human capital allocated to enterprise, as well as how this capital is utilised via growth motivation. This suggests that not only do locational factors contribute to differing rates of entrepreneurship, but that such factors also impact on the durability of firms over time. Abstract Despite a growing body of research on firm survival, little is known about the factors impacting upon survival rates at a micro-spatial level. This study, therefore, analyses firm survival across local environments in the context of a peripheral region; namely, the case of Wales in the UK. It examines how theories relating to human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions may explain survival within a region. Drawing on data of survival patterns for a cohort of firms, it is found that each of the three theories at least partly explain firm survival, with it being clear that human capital relating to the experience of entrepreneurs, as well as the growth motivation of their firms resulting from the strategic choices they make, impact upon rates of survival. It is also found that the local environment contributes to the likelihood of its survival. In particular, it is found that locational factors have a potential influence on the human capital allocated to enterprise, as well as how this capital is utilised via growth motivation. This suggests that not only do locational factors contribute to differing rates of entrepreneurship, but that such factors also impact on the durability of firms over time.

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Section: Entrepreneurship and Survival In The Peripherymentioning

confidence: 99%

Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions

Huggins

Prokop

Thompson

2017

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

114

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“…This important fact is part of the MICROPOL report as well: "By providing an environment to facilitate both on and offline collaboration between enterprises and entrepreneurs through 'co-working', SWCs are not simply physical spaces and should be understood as 'human spaces' which facilitate collaboration between individuals and organisations." Fuzi (2015) drew attention that alternatively, smaller cities may make co-working a sustainable and profitable choice by integrating it into existing business structures such as art centres, coffee shops and serviced offices (Fuzi, 2015).…”

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Rural Enterprise Hub Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Case Studies from Hungary

Kovács

Zoltán

2017

European Countryside

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Although the tendency that the population migrate from rural to urban areas is typical world wide, the globalised economy creates new circumstances and opportunities for rural areas as well. The 'new rural economy' therefore needs new infrastructure to support it. The authors of the paper have a common interest in how enterprise hubs could help the development of entrepreneurship in the 21 st century from two different directions, from physical and from social aspects. Building on the experience gained along enterprise hubs in cities, the hypothesis behind the study is, that creating enterprise hubs from existing buildings in rural settlements could help the development of rural entrepreneurship. To examine the hypothesis two case studies following a period of two years (enterprise hub development in Debrecen and Noszvaj) were carried out. In line with other studies in this field, result shows that even well-designed physical spaces are not enough for change, and initiators, hosts or facilitators are needed, as they play an important role in focusing on the real interaction network and enabling more synergies to happen.Key words: co-working, innovation, entrepreneurship, rural enterprise hub, rural development Absztrakt: Vidéki vállalkozói hubok a vállalkozói lét és az innováció támogatásáért -esettanulmányok Magyarországról. Bár az a tendencia, hogy a lakosság vidékről a városba vándorol világszerte megfigyelhető, a globalizált gazdaság új körülményeket, új lehetőségeket is teremt a vidék számára. Ezért az "új vidékgazdaságnak" új, ezt a folyamatot támogató, infrastruktúrára van szüksége. A tanulmány szerzőinek azonos érdeklődése annak a vizsgálata, hogy a vállalkozói hubok, hogyan segíthetik a vállalkozói szellem fejlesztését a 21. században, két különböző, fizikális és szociális szempontból. A városi, vállalkozói hubok területén szerzett ismeretekre építve a tanulmányban megfogalmazott hipotézis, hogy a vidéki területen meglévő épületek vállalkozói hub-bá történő alakítása, segítheti a vidéki vállalkozói lét fejlesztését. A hipotézis vizsgálatához két darab, két évet átölelő esettanulmány (vállalkozói hub fejlesztése Debrecenben és Noszvajon) elemzése történt meg. Összhangban más kutatásokkal ezen a területen, az eredmény azt mutatja, hogy a jól megtervezett fizikai terek sem elegendőek a változáshoz, szükség van kezdeményezőkre, házigazdákra, facilitátorokra, akik fontos szerepet játszanak abban, hogy a valódi kapcsolódásokra fókuszáljanak a hálózaton belül, lehetővé tegyék a magasabb szinergiát.

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“…A inovação do espaço de trabalho Assenza (2015); Bilandzic e Foth (2013);Capdevila (2014Capdevila ( , 2015; Fuzi (2015); Kubátová (2014Kubátová ( , 2016; Leung (2013) Enquanto a cultura criativa e a vida socialmente ativa em cidades podem atrair profissionais criativos, para Capdevila (2015), o conceito de cidades criativas é apenas descritivo, não explicando como de fato ocorre o processo de inovação localizada devido à concentração de capital intelectual. Para Capdevila (2015), os agentes da mudança em cidades criativas são as comunidades locais e suas atividades, não a proximidade geográfica ou a concentração urbana.…”

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“…Diversos autores concluem que a interação não ocorre naturalmente apenas com a proximidade ou colocação, e que promover a interação em coworking é uma decisão administrativa de hosts (LEUNG, 2013;UDA, 2013;ASSENZA, 2015;FUZI, 2015;SCHOPFEL;ROCHE;HUBERT, 2015;KUBÁTOVÁ, 2016). Essa interação pode ocorrer no contexto de participação de eventos: os eventos geralmente são organizados pelos funcionários dos espaços de coworking ou por interesse de usuários do espaço, eles permitem que usuários ofereçam conselhos e apoio uns aos outros, e assim, promovem a confraternização e o compartilhamento do conhecimento (CAPDEVILA, 2015).…”

Section: Perspectivas De Usuários (Coworkers) E Proprietários (Hosts)unclassified

“…No coworking a motivação de usuários para colaborarem é intrínseca (CAPDEVILA, 2014), logo a função do gestor é incentivar e permitir a expressão dessas motivações de coworkers. É importante que hosts de coworking atuem como facilitadores da colaboração interorganizacional (FUZI, 2015). Porém, esta atuação é dificultada pela quantidade de tempo que demanda.…”

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Uma nova configuração do trabalho: análise interpretativa da literatura de coworking

Nakao

Mussi

2018

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RESUMOEste estudo buscou compreender o escopo teórico do conceito de coworking. Foram realizadas uma revisão sistemática da literatura e uma análise interpretativa do conteúdo dos artigos identificados. Incluem-se entre as conclusões da pesquisa que: (a) o coworking é um conceito recente e pouco explorado; (b) ele tem sido explorado em diferentes níveis de análise: como componente de cidades ou culturas criativas, como pertencendo ao consumo colaborativo, como um entre diversos espaços de trabalho compartilhados e como elemento divergente de modelos tradicionais de trabalho; (c) há divergências de expectativas e demandas sobre o significado e a forma de uso de espaços de coworking; (d) os benefícios esperados do fenômeno não são observados em todos os espaços; (e) a construção colaborativa de significados e a formação de um senso comunitário são elementos importantes para o surgimento dos benefícios de coworking. Palavras-chave: coworking; colaboração; inovação; trabalho; empreendedorismo. ABSTRACTThis study sought to understand the theoretical scope of the concept of coworking. A systematic review of the literature and an interpretative analysis of the content of the identified articles were carried out. The conclusions of the research include: (a) coworking is a recent, not sufficiently explored concept; (b) it has been explored at different levels of analysis: as a component of creative cities or cultures, as belonging to collaborative consumption, as one among several shared workspaces and as working model divergent from traditional ones; (c) there are divergences of expectations and demands on the meaning and on the form of using coworking spaces; (d) the expected benefits of the phenomenon are not observed in all coworking spaces; (e) the collaborative construction of meanings and the formation of a community sense are important elements to the emergence of coworking benefits. Keywords: coworking; collaboration; innovation; work; entrepreneurship. RESUMENEsta investigación buscó comprender el alcance teórico del concepto de coworking. Se realizó una investigación de revisión sistemática de la literatura y el análisis interpretativo del contenido de los artículos identificados. Entre las conclusiones de la investigación, están que (a) el coworking es un concepto reciente y poco explorado; (b) él ha sido explorado en diferentes niveles de análisis: como componente de ciudades o culturas creativas, como perteneciente al consumo colaborativo, como uno entre diversos espacios de trabajo compartidos y como elemento de comparación con modelos tradicionales de trabajo; (c) hay divergencias de expectativas y demandas sobre el significado y la forma de uso de espacios de coworking; (d) los beneficios esperados del fenómeno no se observan en todos los espacios; (e) la construcción colaborativa de significados y la formación de un sentido comunitario son elementos importantes para el surgimiento de los beneficios de coworking.

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Co-working spaces for promoting entrepreneurship in sparse regions: the case of South Wales

Cited by 161 publications

References 8 publications

Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions

Entrepreneurship and the determinants of firm survival within regions: human capital, growth motivation and locational conditions

Rural Enterprise Hub Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation – Case Studies from Hungary

Uma nova configuração do trabalho: análise interpretativa da literatura de coworking

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