Entrepreneurship and regional development: local processes and global patterns/ Edited by Borje Johansson, Charlie Karlsson, Roger R. Stough

Contents:Preface1. IntroductionCharlie Karlsson, Boerje Johansson and Roger R. Stough2. Globalization and the Emergence of the Entrepreneurial SocietyDavid B. Audretsch3. New Firm Formation and Economic Development in a Globalizing EconomySierdjan Koster and Charlie Karlsson4. Entrepreneurship and Local Growth: A Comparison of the US and SwedenBenny Borgman and Pontus Braunerhjelm5. Gibrat's Law Reconsidered: A Creativity PerspectiveZoltan J. Acs and Catherine Armington6. International Linkages and Entrepreneurship in Media Clusters: Evidence from the UKGary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit7. Household Migration and Attractiveness in Consumer Service SupplyCharlotta Mellander and Johanna Palmberg8. Knowledge Intensive Business Services as Gazelles: Implications of Size on InnovationJohanna Nahlinder9. The Community Entrepreneur as a Facilitator of Local Economic DevelopmentLars Ronning, Elisabet Ljunggren and Johan Wiklund10. Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Danish Regional PolicyAndreas P. Cornett11. Modeling Just-in-Time Manufacturing in a Vertically Integrated IndustryHo Yeon Kim12. The Innovation and Productivity Effect of Foreign Takeover of National AssetsBoerje Johansson, Hans Loeoef and Bernd Ebersberger13. Creative Industries and Regional Economic Development - The Example of Public Supported Regional Film Centres in SwedenPer Assmo14. Local Patterns of Growth in a Global Perspective: A Territorial Scenario of an Enlarged EuropeRoberta CapelloIndex