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

Erik Stam

No 604, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

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: location; entrepreneurial firms; evolutionary theory; decision-making; process models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2006-03, Revised 2006-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-evo, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-tid and nep-ure
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Chapter: A process model of locational change in entrpreneurial firms: an evolutionary perspective (2006)
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