The contributions in this volume extend our understanding about the different ways distance impacts the knowledge conversion process. Knowledge itself is a raw input into the innovation process which can then transform it into an economically useful output such as prototypes, patents, licences and new companies. New knowledge is often tacit and thus tends to be highly localized, as indeed is the conversion process. Consequently, as the book demonstrates, space or distance matter significantly in the transformation of raw knowledge into beneficial knowledge.

Monograph Book

Published in print:: 25 Jul 2014

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783475988

Collection: Economics 2014

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Political Entrepreneurship

Regional Growth and Entrepreneurial Diversity in Sweden

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Charlotte Silander and Daniel Silander

Political Entrepreneurship explores the role of political entrepreneurs in regional growth and entrepreneurial diversity. The authors define a political entrepreneur as a politician, bureaucrat or officer within the publicly funded sector who encourages entrepreneurship for growth and employment using innovative approaches. This book aims to enrich the established research on entrepreneurship with in-depth knowledge of the conditions conducive for political entrepreneurship in Sweden.

Monograph Book

Published in print:: 28 Oct 2016

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785363504

Collection: Social and Political Science 2016

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Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role in economic performance

Elgar original reference

Hans Westlund, Martin Andersson and Charlie Karlsson

This chapter provides a theoretically informed discussion of creativity in social capital and elaborates on its role in economic growth and development based on recent theoretical developments in evolutionary economics and economic geography. We discuss social capital as an explanatory factor for creativity and creative processes in the short run, but also creativity as a factor having impacts on social networks, norms and values in the long run. The theoretical discussions are complemented with empirical illustrations and examples. Our starting point is that creativity has both an individual and a collective component, which are both linked to social capital.

Handbook Chapter

In Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Creativity

Edited by Rolf Sternberg and Gerhard Krauss

Published in print:: 30 May 2014

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781004432.00010

Collection: Business 2014

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Introduction

Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series

Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson and Therese Norman

Handbook Chapter

In Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Economic Geography

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson and Therese Norman

Published in print:: 27 Mar 2015

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.4337/9780857932679.00005

Collection: Economics 2015

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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Economic Geography

Handbooks of Research Methods and Applications series

Edited by Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson and Therese Norman

The main purpose of this Handbook is to provide overviews and assessments of the state-of-the-art regarding research methods, approaches and applications central to economic geography. The chapters are written by distinguished researchers from a variety of scholarly traditions and with a background in different academic disciplines including economics, economic, human and cultural geography, and economic history. The resulting handbook covers a broad spectrum of methodologies and approaches applicable in analyses pertaining to the geography of economic activities and economic outcomes.