Entrepreneurship in World Cities

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a,b   Bosma, Niels ^c   Sternberg, Rolf ^d  

^a School of Public Policy   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Creative class; Entrepreneurship; GEM; Jacobs' externalities; Urban entrepreneurship; World cities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920132066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580866.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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