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Book Synopsis'A timely and highly relevant contribution. Congratulations are due to the editors and contributing authors for producing such a valuable work.'- Leo-Paul Dana, Princeton University
'This is a comprehensive and ground-breaking volume on the complex relationships between enterprise, community and neighbourhood. The editors have succeeded in bringing together a wide variety of scholars who are at the cutting edge of research and theorising in this field. The book presents new and significant research findings and throws important new light on the contribution of entrepreneurship to community development at a local level.'
- Peter Somerville, University of Lincoln, UK
Despite the growing evidence on the importance of the neighbourhood, entrepreneurship studies have largely neglected the role of neighbourhoods. This book addresses the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities, confirming not only the importance of `the local' in entrepreneurship, but also filling huge gaps in the knowledge base regarding this tripartite relationship.
Interdisciplinary chapters explore the importance of the neighbourhood and local social networks for individual entrepreneurs, highlighting the importance of `the local' in entrepreneurship across several countries. Considering entrepreneurship as a community-based, rather than individual, effort, key contributions explore how entrepreneurship can influence neighbourhoods and communities, in particular through entrepreneurial actions of residents joining forces. The book critically examines the ways in which entrepreneurship can benefit, shape and transform neighbourhoods, particularly those areas affected by social deprivation and poverty. Finally, it outlines a research agenda to further extend the scientific and policy-relevant knowledge on the relationships between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities.
As a response to the international call for an interdisciplinary approach to entrepreneurship research and neighbourhood and community studies, this book will engage scholars and researchers from entrepreneurship studies, urban geography, housing studies, political studies, sociology and urban planning.
Contributors include: N. Bailey, I. Capdevila, E. Casper-Futterman, J. Chrisman, M. de Beer, J. DeFilippis, R. Kleinhans, J. Lendrum, C. Mason, A.M. Peredo, D. Reuschke, E. Rijshouwer, V. Schutjens, E. Stam, S. Swider, S. Syrett, J. Uitermark, V. van de Vrande, M. van Ham, D. Varady, B. Volker, C. Williams, N. Williams
Trade Review'This collection is a timely contribution to an important area of merging discourse in the fields of entrepreneurship and neighbourhood studies. The editors have synthesised some wonderful work from an interdisciplinary perspective investigating the neglected role of community, neighbourhoods and local social networks for entrepreneurship. The concept of community is explored through a particular focus upon community-based social enterprises and their relationship with wider economic and political trends. A valuable, stimulating and exciting book.' --Gerard McElwee, University of Huddersfield, UK
'Recently, entrepreneurship research has turned its attention to the `local': the neighbourhoods and communities where entrepreneurship happens. Thus, this volume is very timely and adds much to that discussion. I very much enjoyed reading it. Its appeal is the broad range of empirical and theoretical insights into entrepreneurial neighbourhoods. The editors have done a great job in assembling such knowledgeable contributors who outline the different facets of entrepreneurial neighbourhoods. All in all, a book to be recommended to scholars and policy-makers alike who are interested in the impact of place on entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurs (can) change place.' --Friederike Welter, Institut fur Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn, and University of Siegen, Germany
This engaging edited collection offers new insights about entrepreneurship in the context of neighbourhoods and communities. The book brings together contributions from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives to understand this often overlooked local context of entrepreneurial activity, and sets out the foundations for new research agendas.' --Tim Vorley, University of Sheffield, UK
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Unravelling the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities - Introduction Reinout Kleinhans, Darja Reuschke, Maarten van Ham, Colin Mason and Stephen Syrett Part I - Neighbourhoods as Economic Places and Enterprise Cultures 2. Entrepreneurship and deprived urban areas: Understanding activity and the hidden enterprise culture Nick Williams and Colin Williams 3. Dynamics in local inter-firm cooperation in Dutch residential neighbourhoods Marianne de Beer and Veronique Schutjens 4. Solopreneurs and the rise of co-working in the Netherlands Erik Stam and Vareska van de Vrande 5. A typology of localized spaces of collaborative innovation Ignasi Capdevila 6. Women in charge: social capital of female entrepreneurs in the neighbourhood and beyond Beate Volker 7. Gendered networks and spatial arrangements of informal entrepreneurial activities in a Detroit neighbourhood Jenny Lendrum and Sarah Swider Part II Community Enterprise, Civic Economy and Neighbourhood Regeneration 8. Conceptual foundations: community-based enterprise and community development Ana María Peredo and James J. Chrisman 9. On economic democracy in community development Evan Casper-Futterman and James DeFilippis 10. The potential of community entrepreneurship for neighbourhood revitalization in the United Kingdom and the United States David Varady, Reinout Kleinhans and Maarten van Ham 11. The contribution of community enterprise to British urban regeneration in a period of state retrenchment Nick Bailey 12. Co-production or counter-production? The struggle of Dutch community enterprises with local institutions Reinout Kleinhans 13. Citizenship as enterprise. The transformation of Amsterdam community centres into community enterprises Emiel Rijshouwer and Justus Uitermark Part III Conclusions 14. Understanding entrepreneurship in residential neighbourhoods and communities of place Darja Reuschke, Reinout Kleinhans, Stephen Syrett, Maarten van Ham and Colin Mason Index
