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KTH Internationella Handelshögskolan (Jönköping International Business School), Jönköping Universitet (Jonkoping University), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. Exposure to remote work and probability of long-distance commuting: evidence from pandemic lockdowns
   Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

2022

2. Valuating the negative externality of wind turbines: traditional hedonic and difference-in-difference approaches
   Working Paper Series, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance View citations (1)

2021

3. The socio-economic cost of wind turbines: A Swedish case study
   Working Paper Series, Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Real Estate and Construction Management & Banking and Finance View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article The Socio-Economic Cost of Wind Turbines: A Swedish Case Study, Sustainability, MDPI (2021) View citations (6) (2021)

2017

4. Disentangling Innovation in Small Food Firms: The role of External Knowledge, Support, and Collaboration
   Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies View citations (2)

2013

5. Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance
   Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies View citations (3)
6. Political entrepreneurship and local development in Swedish municipalities
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2012

7. Startups and Local Social Capital in the Municipalities of Sweden
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (11)

2011

8. Attributes Influencing Enterprise Propensity in Urban and Rural Sweden
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
9. Building social capital for societal entrepreneurship
   ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
   See also Journal Article BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2012) View citations (13) (2012)
10. Economic Entrepreneurship, Startups and Their Effects on Local Development: The Case of Sweden
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)
11. Multidimensional entrepreneurship: theoretical considerations and Swedish empirics
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Multidimensional entrepreneurship: theoretical considerations and Swedish empirics, Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell (2011) View citations (18) (2011)
12. Swedish Universities in Transition: From "Mode 1" to what?
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2009

13. The spatial dimension of social capital
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Spatial Dimension of Social Capital, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2010) View citations (26) (2010)

2007

14. THE CREATIVE CLASS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL - civil society, regional development and high-tech employment in Japan
    Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies View citations (4)

2006

15. Settlement Patterns on the Swedish Countryside in the Emerging Knowledge Society
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
16. The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective
    CIRJE F-Series, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo View citations (4)
    See also Chapter The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective, Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (2009) View citations (2) (2009)

2004

17. Regional effects of universities and higher education: a knowledge overview of Swedish, Scandinavian and international experiences
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2003

18. Measuring enterprises’ investments in social capital - a pilot study
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Measuring enterprises' investments in social capital: A pilot study, Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2005) View citations (19) (2005)

2002

19. Social capital and local development in Swedish rural districts
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

2000

20. EXCHANGE RATE SENSITIVITY OF SWEDISH REGIONS
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association

1999

21. An interaction-cost approach on cross-border cooperation. The case of Mid-Scandinavia
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association
22. Cross border Co-operation in low population density Areas
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Heterogeneous labour market trajectories in the EU: convergence, divergence and stagnation across regions
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2025, 74, (2), 1-32
   Also in The Annals of Regional Science, 2025, 74, (2), 1-2 (2025)
2. How internet access impacts rural households’ income in China: evidence from the China family panel survey
   Applied Economics, 2025, 57, (21), 2793-2808

2024

3. The Pandemic and Counterurbanization: A Comparison of Sweden and Slovenia
   Sustainability, 2024, 16, (16), 1-17 View citations (1)

2023

4. Does social capital influence small business entrepreneurship? Differences between urban and rural China
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2023, 70, (3), 819-837 View citations (2)
5. Rural problems, policies and possibilities in a post‐urban world
   Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2023, 15, (4), 717-728 View citations (1)
6. The role of collaboration and external knowledge for innovation in small food firms
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2023, 70, (1), 135-155
   Also in The Annals of Regional Science, 2023, 70, (1), 157-157 (2023)
7. Urban–rural population changes and spatial inequalities in Sweden
   Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2023, 15, (4), 878-892

2022

8. Entrepreneurship bridging ethnic divides
   International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2022, 45, (4), 423-449

2021

9. Bridging versus Bonding Social Capital in Entrepreneurs’ Networks: The Case of Post-Conflict Western Balkans
   Sustainability, 2021, 13, (6), 1-18 View citations (4)
10. The Socio-Economic Cost of Wind Turbines: A Swedish Case Study
    Sustainability, 2021, 13, (12), 1-16 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper The socio-economic cost of wind turbines: A Swedish case study, Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (7) (2021)

2020

11. Entrepreneurial Governance and Local Growth
    Sustainability, 2020, 12, (9), 1-16 View citations (4)
12. Linking sanitation policy to service delivery in Rwanda and Uganda: From words to action
    Development Policy Review, 2020, 38, (3), 344-365 View citations (1)
13. Policy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation in vulnerable Swedish municipalities
    Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2020, 32, (7-8), 473-491 View citations (10)
14. Report from a Chinese Village 2019: Rural Homestead Transfer and Rural Vitalization
    Sustainability, 2020, 12, (20), 1-22 View citations (10)

2019

15. Determinants of Social Networks in Rural China: Does Transportation Have a Role to Play?
    Social Science Quarterly, 2019, 100, (5), 1709-1725 View citations (2)

2017

16. Social Capital and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Provinces
    China & World Economy, 2017, 25, (4), 22-43 View citations (5)
17. Social networks, job satisfaction and job searching behavior in the Chinese labor market
    China Economic Review, 2017, 43, (C), 1-15 View citations (9)
18. The openness buzz in the knowledge economy: Towards taxonomy
    Environment and Planning C, 2017, 35, (6), 975-989 View citations (1)

2015

19. Determinants of Net Migration to Rural Areas, and the Impacts of Migration on Rural Labour Markets and Self-Employment in Rural Sweden
    European Planning Studies, 2015, 23, (4), 693-709 View citations (5)
20. Physical Capital, Human Capital, and Social Capital: The Changing Roles in China's Economic Growth
    Growth and Change, 2015, 46, (1), 133-149 View citations (20)

2014

21. From urban-rural to global dependencies
    International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 2014, 13, (2/3/4), 141-149 View citations (4)
22. Start-ups and Local Entrepreneurial Social Capital in the Municipalities of Sweden
    Regional Studies, 2014, 48, (6), 974-994 View citations (37)

2013

23. A brief history of time, space, and growth: Waldo Tobler’s first law of geography revisited
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2013, 51, (3), 917-924 View citations (3)
24. Attributes influencing self-employment propensity in urban and rural Sweden
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2013, 50, (2), 479-514 View citations (17)
25. INTERPRETING OVERALL INEQUALITY IN CHINA: THE ROLES OF PHYSICAL CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL
    Regional Science Inquiry, 2013, V, (2), 145-150
26. REGIONAL GRANTS AND FDI LOCATION: EVIDENCE FROM SWEDISH REGIONAL POLICY PROGRAMS 2002-2009
    Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 7, (1), 36-68
27. The Swedish countryside in the neo-urban knowledge economy
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2013, 5, (2), 225-236 View citations (2)

2012

28. BUILDING SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2012, 83, (1), 101-116 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Building social capital for societal entrepreneurship, ERSA conference papers (2011) (2011)
29. Social Capital and Regional Development: Research Achievements and Remaining Problems
    SCIENZE REGIONALI, 2012, 2012/2, (2), 7-21 View citations (1)
30. Venture Labor: Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries by Gina Neff
    Journal of Regional Science, 2012, 52, (5), 874-875

2011

31. DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS OF POPULATION CHANGE AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI METROPOLITAN REGION
    Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2011, 5, (1), 1-14
32. Handbook of social capital: The troika of sociology, political science and economics – Edited by Gert Tinggaard Svendsen and Gunnar Lind Haase Svendsen
    Papers in Regional Science, 2011, 90, (1), 240-241 View citations (7)
33. Multidimensional entrepreneurship: theoretical considerations and Swedish empirics
    Regional Science Policy & Practice, 2011, 3, (3), 199-218 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Multidimensional entrepreneurship: theoretical considerations and Swedish empirics, ERSA conference papers (2011) View citations (18) (2011)

2010

34. Future urban‐rural relationship in China: comparison in a global context
    China Agricultural Economic Review, 2010, 2, (4), 396-411
35. John F. Tomer, Intangible Capital: Its Contribution to Economic Growth, Well-being and Rationality, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA, USA (2008) ISBN 978-1-84720-088-4 296 pp., bibliographical references and index, Hardback, £70.00
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2010, 39, (6), 702-703
36. Social Capital, Distance, Borders and Levels of Space: Conclusions and Further Issues
    European Planning Studies, 2010, 18, (6), 965-970 View citations (4)
37. THE CREATIVE CLASS, SOCIAL CAPITAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN
    Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 2010, 22, (2‐3), 89-108 View citations (7)
38. The Spatial Dimension of Social Capital
    European Planning Studies, 2010, 18, (6), 863-871 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper The spatial dimension of social capital, MPRA Paper (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2009

39. Social Capital and Economic Performance: A Meta-analysis of 65 Studies
    European Planning Studies, 2009, 18, (6), 893-919 View citations (22)

2008

40. SOCIAL CAPITAL ENHANCEMENT THROUGH REGIONAL CO-OPERATION: A STUDY OF A SWEDISH POLICY PROGRAM
    Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2008, 2, (1), 35-53 View citations (2)

2007

41. Comments on President Jack Osman’s presentation
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2007, 41, (1), 13-15
42. Entrepreneurship in the Region, edited by Michael Fritsch and Jürgen Schmude
    Journal of Regional Science, 2007, 47, (2), 390-392
43. Social capital, networks and economic development: An analysis of regional productive systems – By Maria Semitiel Garcia
    Papers in Regional Science, 2007, 86, (4), 657-659 View citations (9)

2005

44. Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective
    Papers in Regional Science, 2005, 84, (1), 137-139 View citations (1)
45. Measuring enterprises' investments in social capital: A pilot study
    Regional Studies, 2005, 39, (8), 1079-1094 View citations (19)
    See also Working Paper Measuring enterprises’ investments in social capital - a pilot study, ERSA conference papers (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2003

46. Form or contents? On the concept of social economy
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2003, 30, (11), 1192-1206
47. Local Social Capital and Entrepreneurship
    Small Business Economics, 2003, 21, (2), 77-113 View citations (168)
48. Social economy and employment - the case of Sweden
    Review of Social Economy, 2003, 61, (2), 163-182 View citations (3)

2002

49. An Unplanned Green Wave: Settlement Patterns in Sweden during the 1990s
    Environment and Planning A, 2002, 34, (8), 1395-1410 View citations (3)

1999

50. original: An interaction-cost perspective on networks and territoryInteraction-cost perspective on networks
    The Annals of Regional Science, 1999, 33, (1), 93-121 View citations (1)

1998

51. Social Economy and New Jobs: A Summary of Twenty Case Studies in European Regions
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 1998, 69, (2), 193-218 View citations (3)
52. THE LIMITS OF SPATIAL PLANNING: REGIONAL EXPERIENCES OF THE SOVIET EPOCH
    Papers in Regional Science, 1998, 77, (3), 213-240

Books

2006

1. Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy
   Advances in Spatial Science, Springer View citations (82)

2000

2. Regional Development in Russia
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (3)

Edited books

2016

1. Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (4)

Chapters

2018

1. Migration and Ageing in Expanding and Shrinking European Regions
   Springer View citations (2)

2016

2. Social capital and regional development: an introduction
   Chapter 1 in Handbook of Social Capital and Regional Development, 2016, pp 1-23

2013

3. Professors’ attitude to collaboration and central infrastructure for collaboration: an analysis of social capital establishment within higher education institutions
   Chapter 5 in Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development, 2013, pp 85-109

2012

4. A multidimensional perspective on entrepreneurship
   Chapter 8 in Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance, 2012, pp 192-220

2011

5. Spatial Policy for Sparsely Populated Areas: A Forlorn Hope? Swedish Experiences
   Springer

2009

6. The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective
   Springer View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo (2006) View citations (4) (2006)

Editor

1. Advances in Spatial Science
   Springer