June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
332 pages
11h 34m
English
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Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and the Transformation of Regions
by Charlie Karlsson, Börje Johansson, Roger Stough
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15 Enterprise support in deprived urban neighbourhoods
Some challenges and lessons for government intervention
Abstract
Government intervention has increasingly identified deprived communities as a key focus for enterprise support. This chapter examines attitudes and perceptions to enterprise support in a deprived community in the UK city of Leeds. A survey of 142 entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs, and 18 follow-up in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs, were conducted with people living in the study area. The survey examined the entrepreneurial activity of members of the community, and usage of enterprise support. The chapter finds that certain forms of enterprise support in deprived communities may ...