Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development：An Introduction

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development is unique in that it addresses the central factors in economic development – entrepreneurship, innovation and organizational learning – as regional phenomena.

This definitive text focuses on different types of organizations to illustrate the value of entrepreneurship and innovation both for businesses and for regional development. Establishing a firm link between entrepreneurship, innovation and economic regeneration, the book also examines the factors contributing to their success.

Replete with international case studies, empirical evidence of concepts and practical examples, this is an ideal text to support postgraduate teaching and research related to entrepreneurship, innovation management and regional economic development.

Jay Mitra is the Founding Professor of Business Enterprise and Innovation and Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship Research at Essex Business School, University of Essex, UK. He is a Scientific Adviser to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and its Centre for Entrepreneurship and Local Employment and Economic Development, and has held Visiting Professorships at the School of Management at Fudan University in China among others.