Mayer Heike

Entrepreneurship in peripheral areas: Understanding the role of entrepreneurial heritage and embeddedness in Swiss non-metropolitan areas

Project Number: 10001A_146436

Project Type:	Dissertation
Project Duration:	01/01/2014 - 12/31/2016 project completed
Funding Source:	SNSF ,
Project Leader:	Prof. Heike Mayer Wirtschaftsgeographie Geographisches Institut - Humangeographie Universität Bern Hallerstrasse 12 3012 Bern Phone: +41 (0) 31 631 88 86 ; +41 (0) 31 684 88 62 e-Mail: heike.mayer(at)giub.unibe.ch http://www.geography.unibe.ch

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Research Areas:

Economy

Disciplines:

Social geography and Ecology

Keywords:
evolutionary economic geography, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial heritage, peripheral areas, social embeddedness

Abstract:
Entrepreneurship and innovation are important dynamics for the development of peripheral regions. The ways in which new firms are founded and how peripheral regions support these entrepeneurial efforts have, however, not been studied in great detail. The research will examine entrepreneurial dynamics in Swiss non-metropolitan areas from an evolutionary economic geography perspective. The study will compare three peripheral areas and collect longitudinal data on entrepreneurial heritage and embeddedness. We employ a multiple embedded case study methodology and combine qualitative and historical data analysis with quantitative methods for identifying factors responsible for economic development of peripheral areas. The originality of this research lies in the evolutionary economic geography perspective adapted to the peripheral context and in the unique historical analysis of peripheral economies in Switzerland.

Publications:
Bürcher S, Mayer H. 2017. Regionales Engagement von Firmen in peripheren Räumen. Unterscheidet sich das mit dem regionalen Engagement von Firmen verbundene Sozialkapital in dynamischen und weniger dynamischen Regionen in peripheren Räumen? CRED-Bericht 13. Universität Bern.
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Bürcher, S., Mayer, H. 2017. Are there differences in social capital related to corporate regional engagement in dynamic and less dynamic non-core regions? European Planning Studies, online first. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2017.1361604 Habersetzer, A. 2017. The Role of Pre-Entry Experience of Firm Founders in Peripheral Regions: Routines, Business Contacts, and Local Starting Conditions. Growth and Change, online first. Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/grow.12201

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