This book contains a collection of cutting-edge empirical research on the regional level determinants of new business formation and its effect on regional welfare and growth.

1. Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context: Historical Roots, Recent Developments and Future Challenges Michael Fritsch and David J. Storey 2. The Long Persistence of Regional Levels of Entrepreneurship: Germany, 1925-2005 Michael Fritsch and Michael Wywrich 3. Start-ups and Local Entrepreneurial Social Capital in the Municipalities of Sweden Hans Weslund, Johan P. Larsson and Amy Rader Olsson 4. Regional Social Legitimacy of Entrepreneurship: Implications for Entrepreneurial Intention and Start-up Behaviour Ewald Kibler, Teemu Kautonen and Matthias Fink 5. Entrepreneurship as an Urban Event? Empirical Evidence from European Cities Niels Bosma and Rolf Sternberg 6. Population Change and New Firm Formation in Urban and Rural Regions Heike Delfmann, Sierdjan Koster, Philip McCann and Jouke van Dijk 7. The Significance of Entry and Exit for Regional Productivity Growth Udo Brixy 8. Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell 9. Is Entrepreneurship a Route Out of Deprivation? Julian S. Frankish, Richard G. Roberts, Alex Coad and David J. Storey 10. Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-up Subsidies for the Unemployed Marco Caliendo and Steffen Künn