TY - CONF
T1 - Spatial evolution of knowledge-intensive ICT services in Sweden: On the role of mobile entrepreneurs
AU - Martynovich, Mikhail
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The paper investigates the role of mobile entrepreneurs in spatial diffusion process of a rapidly expanding industry using
the case of the knowledge-intensive ICT-services in Sweden over 1990-2010. The main contributions of this study are
twofold. On the one hand, paper contributes to entrepreneurship research by showing that the spatial origin of an
entrepreneur should be analysed not only in terms of local/non-local dichotomy but should more explicitly account for
where she moves from. On the other hand, the paper demonstrates that mobile entrepreneurs are important drivers of
spatial diffusion of an industry, which might be of an interest to economic geography scholars.
AB - The paper investigates the role of mobile entrepreneurs in spatial diffusion process of a rapidly expanding industry using
the case of the knowledge-intensive ICT-services in Sweden over 1990-2010. The main contributions of this study are
twofold. On the one hand, paper contributes to entrepreneurship research by showing that the spatial origin of an
entrepreneur should be analysed not only in terms of local/non-local dichotomy but should more explicitly account for
where she moves from. On the other hand, the paper demonstrates that mobile entrepreneurs are important drivers of
spatial diffusion of an industry, which might be of an interest to economic geography scholars.
KW - rapidly expanding industry
KW - spatial diffusion
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - ICT-services
KW - Sweden
M3 - Paper, not in proceeding
T2 - DRUID Academy Conference 2015
Y2 - 21 January 2015 through 23 January 2015
ER -