A Process Model of Locational Change in Entrepreneurial Firms: An Evolutionary Perspective

Erik Stam

ERIM Report Series Research in Management from Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Abstract: How do changes in the spatial organization of entrepreneurial firms come about? This paper provides a conceptualisation of the process of locational change. A process model of locational change is constructed on the basis of an empirical study of 109 locational events during the life course of 25 young firms in knowledge intensive sectors (knowledge services and biomedicals). This process model of locational change maps both internal and external variation and selection processes. This model contributes to the development of a causal process theory of the spatial development of (new) firms.

Keywords: Decision-Making; Entrepreneurial Firms; Evolutionary Theory; Location; Process Models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L21 L22 M M13 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-03-27
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Chapter: A process model of locational change in entrpreneurial firms: an evolutionary perspective (2006)
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