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Determinants of Convergence and Disparities in Europe: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Processes of Clustering

Determinants of Convergence and Disparities in Europe: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Processes of Clustering

Andreas P. Cornett, Nils Karl Sørensen
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 18
ISBN13: 9781466683488|ISBN10: 1466683481|EISBN13: 9781466683495
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch003
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Cornett, Andreas P., and Nils Karl Sørensen. "Determinants of Convergence and Disparities in Europe: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Processes of Clustering." Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by Luís M. Carmo Farinha, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 28-45. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch003

APA

Cornett, A. P. & Sørensen, N. K. (2015). Determinants of Convergence and Disparities in Europe: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Processes of Clustering. In L. Carmo Farinha, J. Ferreira, H. Smith, & S. Bagchi-Sen (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 28-45). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch003

Chicago

Cornett, Andreas P., and Nils Karl Sørensen. "Determinants of Convergence and Disparities in Europe: Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and the Processes of Clustering." In Handbook of Research on Global Competitive Advantage through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by Luís M. Carmo Farinha, et al., 28-45. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8348-8.ch003

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Abstract

Innovation and entrepreneurship are key factors in current regional development initiatives, derived from the concepts of new economic growth theory. The aim of this chapter is to combine an assessment of innovative and entrepreneurial performance with the spatial distribution and functional linkages of certain types of economic clusters. The hypothesis is that clustered regions with high entrepreneurial and innovative performance have higher growth than non-innovative/entrepreneurial regions or regions with a more scattered economic structure. The clustering and in some cases even the polarization of economic activities in metropolitan regions can lead to excess growth and contribute to a process of convergence between nations but will also turn regional economic divergence back on the national economic development agenda.

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