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Urban Entrepreneurship

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2020) | Viewed by 14704

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Prof. Dr. Mário José Baptista Franco

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Department of Management and Economics, CEFAGE-UBI Research Center, University of Beira Interior, 6200-209 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: entrepreneurship; innovation; SMEs; strategic alliances; interorganizational networks; cooperation; partnerships
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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will comprise a selection of papers addressing approaches and tools to understand the urban entrepreneurship phenomenon. Research papers address multifaceted topics on urban entrepreneurship, such as (1) sustainable entrepreneurship, (2) ecopreneurship, (3) the performance of cities, (4) sister-city relationships, (5) open networks (living labs), among other. These topics should include the definition of the concept of urban entrepreneurship, the identification of factors affecting this type of entrepreneurship, as well as measurement tools for assessing the performance of cities. Perspectives guiding the design of smart cities and urban incubators should be presented to consider when implementing changes for increasing sustainable entrepreneurship.

Papers should also use various support theories to explain urban entrepreneurship, such as network theory, creative class theory, sustainability theory and the circular economy theory/model. Thus, in general, this Special Issue will be devoted to the study of the benefits of urban entrepreneurship in various countries and regions worldwide.

Papers selected for this Special Issue are subject to a rigorous peer review procedure with the aim of the rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications.

Prof. Dr. Mário José Baptista Franco
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Keywords

  • urban entrepreneurship
  • living labs
  • urban sustainability
  • sustainable urbanization
  • creative cities
  • smart city
  • urban ecosystem
  • urban incubators
  • sister-city relationships
  • social inclusion and e-government
  • twinning
  • inter-municipal cooperation

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The Mediating Role of Intellectual Capital in Open Innovation in the Service Industries
by Chihcheng Lo, Chunhsien Wang and Yi-Chun Chen
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 5220; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12125220 - 26 Jun 2020
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The paper intends to examine the mediating role of intellectual capital in the relation between the openness of service companies’ search strategies and thr innovation performance. It models the relationship between external search strategies of open innovation and proposes how intellectual capital matters [...] Read more.
The paper intends to examine the mediating role of intellectual capital in the relation between the openness of service companies’ search strategies and thr innovation performance. It models the relationship between external search strategies of open innovation and proposes how intellectual capital matters for openness strategies in the service industries. Moreover, the paper intends to expand the field of open innovation through exploring the mediating effect of intellectual capital. This paper fulfills an identified need to study how intellectual capital can be enabled in the open innovation of the service industries. Both Hierarchical Multiple Regression and the Structural Equation Model were employed to test the innovation model by the panel data of the second Taiwan Innovation Survey including 948 service firms. Empirical insights enable us to have a better understanding in terms of how service companies learn from external knowledge sources. This paper suggests that the impact of openness strategies on innovation performance becomes indirect through the partial mediator of intellectual capital so that innovation performance in service industry benefits from simultaneously incorporating intellectual capital with the efficient openness strategies. Finally, the paper includes implications for more insights into how service companies improve their innovative activities with external searching strategies and practices in terms of intellectual capital. Full article
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What Characteristics Help Entrepreneurs ‘Make It’ Early on in Their Entrepreneurial Careers? Findings of a Regional Study from Romania
by Elena-Loreni Baciu, Delia Vîrgă and Theofild-Andrei Lazăr
Sustainability 2020, 12(12), 5028; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12125028 - 19 Jun 2020
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Entrepreneurship plays an essential role in modern urban growth and development. Successful businesses engage more growth potential, but also failed ones produce significant losses. Therefore, in order to reduce losses, it becomes important to understand what contributes to entrepreneurial success. Based the character-based [...] Read more.
Entrepreneurship plays an essential role in modern urban growth and development. Successful businesses engage more growth potential, but also failed ones produce significant losses. Therefore, in order to reduce losses, it becomes important to understand what contributes to entrepreneurial success. Based the character-based approach, the current study considers the entrepreneur a critical agent for the survival and success of the business, and aims to examine the differences between successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in terms of human capital and personal characteristics. The sample consisted of 123 Romanian nascent urban entrepreneurs who participated in a government sponsored entrepreneurial support program and competed for a subsidy to start their business. A positive outcome in the competition (achieved by 39 study participants) was considered as entrepreneurial success. Based on the competition outcome, we split the sample in successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs and analyzed the differences between the two groups from the perspective of human capital and personal characteristics. In terms of human capital (education, professional experience, age, and sex), the results showed small differences between the successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurs in the sample. In terms of personal characteristics, compared to their unsuccessful counterparts, the successful entrepreneurs registered increased levels of entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and of problem-solving confidence, higher levels of trust in their capacity of taking up challenges, increased levels of adaptive assertiveness, and a greater confidence in their ability to control their entrepreneurial behaviour. No significant differences were recorded for the need for autonomy, tolerance of ambiguity, risk-taking propensity, impulsivity, and interpersonal reactivity. The findings indicate that the personal characteristics of entrepreneurs may have different influences on their success, depending on the stage in their entrepreneurial career. Full article
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The Impact of Social Networks on the Operating Efficiency of Chinese Technology Business Incubators
by Chenghua Guan and Ye Fan
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2727; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12072727 - 30 Mar 2020
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Based on data reflecting 1202 technology business incubators (TBIs) in China from 2016 to 2018, this study measures the operating efficiency of TBIs in China through their use of the data envelopment analysis(DEA) and analyzes the impact of network tie strength, network size, [...] Read more.
Based on data reflecting 1202 technology business incubators (TBIs) in China from 2016 to 2018, this study measures the operating efficiency of TBIs in China through their use of the data envelopment analysis(DEA) and analyzes the impact of network tie strength, network size, and network centrality on the operating efficiency of TBIs through Tobit, while discussing differences among specific regions. The results demonstrate that the operating efficiency of TBIs in China is increasing. The average operating efficiency of TBIs in the eastern region has increased annually, reaching its highest levels in China in 2018. Moreover, the average operating efficiency of TBIs in the northeastern and western regions is low. Network size and network centrality have a significant positive impact on the overall operating efficiency of the TBI, and network tie strength has an inverted U-shape form of impact. The established time, size, nature, and reputation of TBIs have a significant positive impact on the operating efficiency of the TBI. In the western China, geographical location has a positive correlation with the operating efficiency of the TBI. However, in the northeastern region, the nature of the TBI has a negative correlation with the operating efficiency of the TBI. This is the first use of full sample data to study the operation efficiency of Chinese TBIs from the perspective of social networks. Full article
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How Past Failure Predicts Subsequent Entrepreneurial Intention: A Comparative Study of Mainland China and Taiwan
by Hui He, Yan Bai and Xia Xiao
Sustainability 2020, 12(6), 2331; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12062331 - 17 Mar 2020
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Entrepreneurship is the center of economic growth process, and it is context-sensitive. We compare Mainland China and Taiwan by investigating the impact of past failure on individual entrepreneurs. Using a large amount of data from GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor), a logistic regression approach [...] Read more.
Entrepreneurship is the center of economic growth process, and it is context-sensitive. We compare Mainland China and Taiwan by investigating the impact of past failure on individual entrepreneurs. Using a large amount of data from GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor), a logistic regression approach was adopted and most of the major variables in models are correlated positively. We demonstrate that past failure does affect entrepreneurs’ perceived capability and next enterprising activity positively in the two regions. Unlike the moderating role of culture, entrepreneurial motivation exerts a quite different impact on the relationship between past failure and entrepreneurs’ future intention in the two regions. Our results provide not only theoretical implications for context-related entrepreneurial motivation, but practical suggestions for entrepreneurs and policy makers. Full article
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