Where do people want to become entrepreneurs? Mapping entrepreneurship potential across Great Britain

Bibliographic Data

ID8248309
AuthorsLars Mewes (0000-0001-9838-2673), Tobias Ebert (0000-0003-0146-2517)
Year2021
Volume8
Issue1
Pages332-335
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRegional Studies Regional Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2168-1376 • E-ISSN: 2168-1376
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21681376.2021.1966319
OpenAlexW3199567744
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Promoting entrepreneurial activities is crucial for regions to facilitate innovation and economic development. Yet, becoming an entrepreneur is not aspired by all people, and regions may differ considerably in their entrepreneurship potential. Assessing and providing accurate estimates of the entrepreneurship potential across fine-grained spatial scales is thus crucial to inform regional policymakers, but it still remains a major challenge due to data availability. Here we used the lab data set from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) covering 368,364 individuals and providing high-resolution data about their residences to map the entrepreneurship potential across 9271 postcode sectors in Great Britain. We used a novel mapping approach that relies on a spatial smoothing function based on distance weights to utilize the most fine-grained spatial level available in the data. Our detailed maps show substantial difference in entrepreneurship potential across postcode sectors in Great Britain and within the largest cities: London, Birmingham and Manchester

Business · Corporation · Economic geography · Entrepreneurship · Function (biology · Geography · Regional science · Smoothing · Computer Science · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Rural development and sustainability · Finance

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