Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance: Directions for Sustainable Development and Competitiveness of Regions

What drives regional economic development? This long-standing question has gained more relevance and significance at the present time when many countries in the world are undergoing considerable changes as a result of recent economic downturn or economic restructuring. The manifestation of this growing interest from academics and policy-makers alike in regional economic development is the recent spin-off of two new peer-reviewed journals from the Regional Studies Association, Territory, Politics, Governance, and Regional Studies, Regional Science. Investigations into the impact of entrepreneurship on regional economic development have always a fascinating topic in regional studies and regional science.

Entrepreneurship, Social...