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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue9,P.1556-1574

语言

英文

关键字

Culture; entrepreneurship; economic development; industrial legacy; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; REGIONAL-VARIATIONS; FIRM FORMATION; CROSS-SECTION; VALUES; INNOVATIVENESS; INSTITUTIONS; PERSISTENCE; SWEDEN; RATES

作者单位

[Fredin, Sabrina] Lund Univ, CIRCLE, Lund, Sweden. [Fredin, Sabrina] Blekinge Inst Technol, Dept Ind Econ, Karlskrona, Sweden. [Jogmark, Marina] Kristianstad Univ, Dept Business Adm, Kristianstad, Sweden. Fredin, S (reprint author), Lund Univ, CIRCLE, Lund, Sweden.; Fredin, S (reprint author), Blekinge Inst Technol, Dept Ind Econ, Karlskrona, Sweden. E-Mail: sfl@bth.se

摘要

This paper examines how an industrial legacy leads to the formation of a distinct local culture and how the culture's survival provides a context for the subsequent entrepreneurial activities in new local industries. The discussion about culture as a key driver of entrepreneurship and economic growth is well established in the academic debate. However, we know little about how culture is formed. Through a qualitative case study of two polar Swedish cities, the study highlights four key factors which are instrumental in the formation of local culture: initial conditions, characteristics of key players, network activities and composition of newcomers. We show how the local entrepreneurs responded to the underlying assumptions of the two different cultures.