Eleanor Hamilton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Lancaster University Management School, UK, Rhiannon Pugh, Senior Lecturer in Innovation Studies, Lund University, Sweden and Danny Soetanto, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Adelaide University, Australia

‘The distinctive contributions of the book are to explore how entrepreneurship is about more than profit-seeking activity, and how it relates to regional inequalities, not just regional growth. [...] The book achieved its goal of stimulating important questions about the roles of entrepreneurship in regional development.’

• Contents1 Introduction to Rethinking Entrepreneurship andRegional Development 2 Context for entrepreneurship and regional development 3 Inequalities in entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment 4 Universities as anchor institutions for entrepreneurshipand regional development5 Understanding regional entrepreneurial ecosystems asincubators 6 A regional learning model: entrepreneurial learning andregional growth7 Reflections on policy for entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment: insights and connections 8 Concluding thoughts and future paths forentrepreneurship and regional development References Index

Eleanor Hamilton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Lancaster University Management School, UK, Rhiannon Pugh, Senior Lecturer in Innovation Studies, Lund University, Sweden and Danny Soetanto, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Adelaide University, Australia

‘The distinctive contributions of the book are to explore how entrepreneurship is about more than profit-seeking activity, and how it relates to regional inequalities, not just regional growth. [...] The book achieved its goal of stimulating important questions about the roles of entrepreneurship in regional development.’

• Contents1 Introduction to Rethinking Entrepreneurship andRegional Development 2 Context for entrepreneurship and regional development 3 Inequalities in entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment 4 Universities as anchor institutions for entrepreneurshipand regional development5 Understanding regional entrepreneurial ecosystems asincubators 6 A regional learning model: entrepreneurial learning andregional growth7 Reflections on policy for entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment: insights and connections 8 Concluding thoughts and future paths forentrepreneurship and regional development References Index

Eleanor Hamilton, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Lancaster University Management School, UK, Rhiannon Pugh, Senior Lecturer in Innovation Studies, Lund University, Sweden and Danny Soetanto, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship, Adelaide University, Australia

‘The distinctive contributions of the book are to explore how entrepreneurship is about more than profit-seeking activity, and how it relates to regional inequalities, not just regional growth. [...] The book achieved its goal of stimulating important questions about the roles of entrepreneurship in regional development.’

• Contents1 Introduction to Rethinking Entrepreneurship andRegional Development 2 Context for entrepreneurship and regional development 3 Inequalities in entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment 4 Universities as anchor institutions for entrepreneurshipand regional development5 Understanding regional entrepreneurial ecosystems asincubators 6 A regional learning model: entrepreneurial learning andregional growth7 Reflections on policy for entrepreneurship and regionaldevelopment: insights and connections 8 Concluding thoughts and future paths forentrepreneurship and regional development References Index