00985nam a2200133Ia 4500 03.02.03 N532 Desai, Sameeksha New directions in regional economic development : the role of entrepreneurship theory and methods, practice and policy Edward Elgar CheltenhamGB 2011 ix, 345 p. Examines some of the new directions in regional economic development, specifically the perspective that local initiative matters in how a regions grows, adapts to change and adjusts to disequilibrating physical and societal shocks. Notes that there are barriers to entrepreneurial performance that vary from one region to another (and from one nation to another). Proposes the concept of a 'knowledge filter' to offer an explanation for the variation in the rate at which knowledge and knowledge conversion can occur, and likewise variation in the level of entrepreneurial success. 2/13/12 EVELYND M N532 35366 35366 0 0 0 0 CRCM CRCM 2023-05-08 0 03.02.03 N532 0000000029380 2023-05-08 00:00:00 2023-05-08 M