Entrepreneurship and ageing: Exploring an economic geography perspective

Mayer, Heike; Leick, Birgit (2019). Entrepreneurship and ageing: Exploring an economic geography perspective. In: Backman, Mikaela; Karlsson, Charlie; Kekezi, Orsa (eds.) Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging (pp. 88-108). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781788116213.00009

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The traditional understanding of entrepreneurship is biased towards certain population groups and specific locations. Yet the literature points to a much more diverse perspective on entrepreneurship and regional development. In this chapter, we argue that regional characteristics such as the extent to which a region faces demographic change (population growth or decline, population ageing, emigration of youth, etc.) may exert a strong influence both on the individual propensity to start a business and the aggregate numbers of entrepreneurial activities. In addition, demographic change also influences the types of businesses or business models found in different regional contexts. With this idea in mind, we argue that the opportunities and challenges that are associated with old age entrepreneurship depend strongly on the regional context. We place old age entrepreneurship into a regional context and illustrate the ways in which opportunities and constraints arise from such a context and, in particular, from demographic change occurring in different regional types.

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography > Unit Economic Geography 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography > Human Geography 08 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography 11 Centers of Competence > Center for Regional Economic Development (CRED)
UniBE Contributor:	Mayer, Heike
Subjects:	300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics 700 Arts > 710 Landscaping & area planning 900 History > 910 Geography & travel
ISBN:	978-1-7881-1620-6
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Carmen Metzler
Date Deposited:	31 Mar 2020 14:32
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 15:37
Publisher DOI:	10.4337/9781788116213.00009
Related URLs:	Publisher Publication
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Entrepreneurship, Ageing, Silver Economy, Regional Development
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/141173