Disseminates research on innovation, entrepreneurship and small business.

Disseminating research on innovation, entrepreneurship and small businesses

BOOK TIP: Scaling up for sustainability

creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, teams, guidance

How do businesses grow fast – and sustainably? This handbook provides an in-depth look at scaling up and high growth, two phenomena that have long been central to economic development and innovation but are still poorly understood.

STUDY | Strategy work can change entrepreneur’s self-image

The picture shows an entrepreneur coming up with his corporate identity.

Working with strategy is not just about plans and growth targets. It also affects how entrepreneurs view themselves and their firms. This is shown by a study of entrepreneurs who participated in a university-based growth program in the UK.

STUDY | Communities as entrepreneurs – from local initiatives to global movement

Grocers sell locally grown produce via the REKO ring.

How can local communities create and spread opportunities for sustainable small businesses? That’s the question at the heart of a new study examining the Finnish initiative REKO – Real Consumption. Through an 11-year case study, the researchers show how ordinary people, rather than individual entrepreneurs, can drive sustainable change through self-organization and shared responsibility.

BOOK TIPS | Diversity for economic development

creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, teams, guidance

Diversity is about a variety of ideas, skills, education, ethnicity, professions, gender, language, culture, technologies and industry structures. In the anthology The Oxford Handbook of Spatial Diversity and Business Economics, several Nordic and international researchers explore how diversity affects the economy, innovation and growth.

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