TY - JOUR
T1 - Diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship
T2 - where are we and where should we go in future studies?
AU - Karlsson, Charlie
AU - Rickardsson, Jonna
AU - Wincent, Joakim
PY - 2019/10/24
Y1 - 2019/10/24
N2 - In this paper, we review and comment upon the development of the literature on diversity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In an overview of previous studies and various strands of literatures, we outline and argue that to better understand the intricate dynamic relationships between diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and regional development there is a strong need to further develop “the economics of spatial diversity.” We further argue that this development may benefit from combining various literatures based upon sound economic micro-foundations, to develop a more absolute understanding of diversity and fulfill the need of more clear mechanisms for future empirical testing. Obviously, this is important both from a research point of view and in order to provide policymakers with a powerful set of analytical tools. We call for more analytical work and more high-quality empirical studies. With a set of papers, we believe this special issue to provide a contribution in this direction.
AB - In this paper, we review and comment upon the development of the literature on diversity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In an overview of previous studies and various strands of literatures, we outline and argue that to better understand the intricate dynamic relationships between diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and regional development there is a strong need to further develop “the economics of spatial diversity.” We further argue that this development may benefit from combining various literatures based upon sound economic micro-foundations, to develop a more absolute understanding of diversity and fulfill the need of more clear mechanisms for future empirical testing. Obviously, this is important both from a research point of view and in order to provide policymakers with a powerful set of analytical tools. We call for more analytical work and more high-quality empirical studies. With a set of papers, we believe this special issue to provide a contribution in this direction.
KW - 512 Business and Management
KW - Economics of spatial diversity
KW - Diversity
KW - Innovation
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Regional development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074476027&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11187-019-00267-1
DO - 10.1007/s11187-019-00267-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074476027
SN - 0921-898X
JO - Small Business Economics
JF - Small Business Economics
ER -