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Entrepreneurship, social capital and governance : Directions for the sustainable development and competitiveness of regions
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- This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research is undertaken without considering the fundamental importance of the regional context. Other research has emphasized the role of social capital but there are substantial problems in empirically relating measures of social capital to regional economic development. © Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson and Roger R. Stough 2012. All rights reserved.
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- Karlsson, Charlie, 1945-, et al.
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Knowledge, creativity and regional development
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In: The Regional Economics of Knowledge and Talent. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781848443280 ; , s. 27-62
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- Andersson, Martin, et al.
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Multinationals in the Knowledge Economy : A case study of AstraZeneca in Sweden
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In: Repositioning Europe and America for Growth. - Berlin : LIT Verlag. - 9783643107763
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This report presents a case study of the role of a large R&D intensive multinational company for a small open economy. The case study examines the role of AstraZeneca in the Swedish economy, i.e. an economy dominated by multinational companies. The purpose of the report is to analyze the interaction of AstraZeneca’s units in Sweden with the rest of the Swedish economy, and the Swedish innovation system in particular. We analyze the company’s role as an employer in the private sector, its transaction links with other Swedish firms and its role for Sweden’s exports. In a second perspective we focus on the company’s role in the Swedish knowledge economy and innovation system. The report analyses the company as a node for knowledge flows in the Swedish economy and innovation system, and its role as an employer of highly educated and skilled workers in Sweden.Our analysis of the Swedish units’ interaction with the rest of the Swedish economy shows that ’traditional’ couplings in the form of transactions with Swedish suppliers are limited. It is instead the company’s position in the ‘knowledge economy’ that makes its presence in Sweden important.
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