Conferences
18–22 March 2013, Unst, Shetland, UK
Entrepreneurship and Local Development
Processes of globalisation are sharpening focus on economics at the local level. Local communities, whether urban or rural, are increasingly competing at an international scale, and the success of a community’s industries – tourism, agriculture, manufacturing, high-tech services, etc. – depends in large part on the ability of local businesses to adapt to challenging and ever-changing global markets.
This academic conference explores how private and NGO actors seek to create and maintain jobs as well as how local governments can support skills development and innovation in new and existing businesses. We consider conditions affecting the prospects for entrepreneurship, such as the availability of housing, transport, and a skilled workforce, and we look at the formation of business clusters of entrepreneurs.
This academic conference explores how private and NGO actors seek to create and maintain jobs as well as how local governments can support skills development and innovation in new and existing businesses. We consider conditions affecting the prospects for entrepreneurship, such as the availability of housing, transport, and a skilled workforce, and we look at the formation of business clusters of entrepreneurs.
