INVESTIGADORES
ROCHA Hector
capítulos de libros
Título:
Regional Perspective on Entrepreneurship
Autor/es:
ROCHA, H.
Libro:
Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
Editorial:
Edward Elgar publishing
Referencias:
Año: 2010; p. 267 - 292
Resumen:
Este capítulo es la re-edición del artículo homónimo, el cual cuenta con 111 citaciones y es publicado en este llibro junto con artículos de académicos internacionales referentes en sus respectivos temas.
ABSTRACT. Defining entrepreneurship as the creation of
new organisations, this paper explores, from a literature review
standpoint, the moderating effect of clusters on the impact of
entrepreneurship on development. To identify potential causes
of this moderating effect, the paper focuses on three different
impacts: entrepreneurship on development, clusters on development,
and clusters on entrepreneurship. The findings of the
paper are threefold. First, entrepreneurship is positively associated
with economic growth. Given the importance of entrepreneurship
in changing the economic and social structure of
the economy, more research on the impact of entrepreneurship
on development i.e. focus on capabilities rather than on
output is needed. Second, it is difficult to reach empirical
generalisations on the impact of clusters on development
and entrepreneurship given conceptual and methodological
constraints. Both positive results and caveats are found at different
levels of analysis and at different stages of development
of a cluster. Finally, given the previous finding, it is difficult
to generalise on the impact of clusters on the association
between entrepreneurship and development. Consensus on and
validity between conceptual and operational definitions of
clusters; consideration of context as well as process and, therefore,
quantitative and qualitative methods; and differentiation
between levels of analysis controlling for cluster stage and
strength are the main criteria for future studies to consider to
disentangle the impact of clusters on entrepreneurship, development
and the association between entrepreneurship and
development.