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

Eriksson, Rikard; Rataj, Marcin

doi:10.1080/08985626.2019.1565420

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“…For many years entrepreneurs are the subject of numerous political hopes regarding their potential contributions to regional economic development, including job creation (Eriksson and Rataj, 2019). The first system for promoting innovative business startups was established in the USA as early as the 1950s.…”

Section: Business Incubators and Business Plan Competitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Universities talk, students walk: promoting innovative sustainability projects

Daub

Hasler

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et al. 2020

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Purpose This paper aims to describe an innovative approach of integrating sustainability into the structures and processes of a business school without creating resistance. Design/methodology/approach A sustainable entrepreneurship competition was embedded as an independent programme in an already existing business plan competition at the School of Business FHNW. The paper shows, which structural elements of the competition had to be adapted to the needs of sustainable entrepreneurs. Findings The paper outlines aspects that need to be considered and steps that need to be taken to run a sustainable entrepreneurship competition supporting as many high-quality projects as possible. It describes the importance of developing an independent instrument that meets the specific needs of sustainable entrepreneurs in project planning. The sustainable innovation plan is explained. Social implications The student projects are developed at the School of Business FHNW as part of the entrepreneurship competition, which has been successfully carried out twice. They have numerous measurable positive social and ecological effects, which are described by the students in their sustainable innovation plans and are subsequently reflected in the realization of the projects. Originality/value Using the example of the Swiss Student Sustainability Challenge, the paper demonstrates under which conditions a sustainability project can be successfully integrated into the existing structures of an institution of higher education and develop into a beacon project of the university. Other universities can make use of these findings to launch comparable projects at their institutions.

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Section: Business Incubators and Business Plan Competitionsmentioning

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Universities talk, students walk: promoting innovative sustainability projects

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“…This happens by a wide range of activities, including real-time business development, mentoring, coaching, lectures and the establishment of a social arena enabling knowledge sharing and reflection [19,41,42]. This collaborative effort between regional and international actors as well as private and public actors builds and maintains an entrepreneurship ecosystem which counteracts the brain-drain effect by leveraging transaction and social costs for enterprising people [6,41] as a supplement to university training, thereby strengthening rural resilience [6][7][8][9][10]13,[43][44][45][46][47].…”

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“…Our literature review indicates a need to specify the purpose of the programme [6,11,19]. The programme displays a lack of clarity concerning whether enterprising activity is seen as endogenous or exogenous to existing market forces; whether to seek development or business productivity [6]; whether to build a programme targeting rural or urban contexts [46,48,49]; whether to specify short-term objectives and learning methods [11,26]; whether to seek social and philanthropic utility, innovative development or economic growth and productivity [6,20]; and, last but not least, whether to establish selection parameters which mirror the relevant target groups, their start-up maturity and their context [6,50,51].…”

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Entrepreneurship Education as a Strategy to Build Regional Sustainability

Hagebakken¹,

Reimers²,

Solstad³

2021

Sustainability

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Entrepreneurship education (EE) is a means to create economic activity and is of importance in the development of rural regions. Entrepreneurship education is generally conducted by three different methods: (1) teaching students about entrepreneurial themes, (2) developing the capabilities of becoming a successful entrepreneur for enterprise and (3) developing capabilities through enterprise by which persons learn through experience and discovery. Our research question is; How does education through entrepreneurship fit as a way to meet the needs of start-ups in a rural context? We follow an entrepreneurial case programme in our study by conducting observations of and interviews with 26 persons involved in the programme. Our findings are that participants consider the programme as an important contribution to the local/regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, it is also described as a short-lived ecosystem, from which the participants mostly benefit while on the programme and to a lesser degree afterwards. Sustainability plays a part in attracting participants but to a lesser degree forms the educational content and evaluation parameters. Our study contributes to the discussion of how education through entrepreneurship is organised as an accelerator programme to help start-ups in a rural context.

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“…That is why the rate of new technology companies' creation in the region directly depends upon the presence of old, established universities there [Fritsch, Wyrwich, 2018]. The institutional context largely determines both the decision to become an entrepreneur [Lee et al, 2003;Aparicio et al, 2016;Eriksson, Rataj, 2019] and the perception of risks and opportunities associated with this decision. From a formal point of view, new ventures are interested in the firm registration requirements, the availability of external funding, the regulatory environment, and the intellectual property regime.…”

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Foresight and STI Governance

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Foresight and STI Governance is an international interdisciplinary peer-reviewed openaccess journal. It publishes original research articles, offering new theoretical insights and practice-oriented knowledge in important areas of strategic planning and the creation of science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy, and it examines possible and alternative futures in all human endeavors in order to make such insights available to the right person at the right time to ensure the right decision.The journal acts as a scientific forum, contributing to the interaction between researchers, policy makers, and other actors involved in innovation processes. It encompasses all facets of STI policy and the creation of technological, managerial, product, and social innovations. Foresight and STI Governance welcomes works from scholars based in all parts of the world. Topics covered include:• Foresight methodologies and best practices;• Long-term socioeconomic priorities for strategic planning and policy making;• Innovative strategies at the national, regional, sectoral, and corporate levels;• The development of National Innovation Systems;• The exploration of the innovation lifecycle from idea to market;• Technological trends, breakthroughs, and grand challenges;• Technological change and its implications for economy, policy-making, and society;• Corporate innovation management;• Human capital in STI; and many others.The target audience of the journal comprises research scholars, university professors, postgraduates, policy-makers, business people, the expert community, and others who are interested in S&T and innovation analyses, foresight studies, and policy issues. The journal is included into the 1st quartile (Q1) of the Scopus

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

Cited by 46 publications

References 65 publications

Universities talk, students walk: promoting innovative sustainability projects

Universities talk, students walk: promoting innovative sustainability projects

Entrepreneurship Education as a Strategy to Build Regional Sustainability

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