Abstract
We develop a conceptual framework that links local social capital with different types of business start-ups (necessity and opportunity, low- and high-growth ambition, exporting and not, innovative and less innovative). We empirically test these relationships, utilising UK data, between 2018 and 2021. We gain unique insights at a granular spatial level on the diverse impact of local social capital on types of entrepreneurial activity. Our findings show that local social capital may be important in supporting less ambitious forms of entrepreneurship, particularly during crises.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 2502645 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Regional Studies |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Jun 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Keywords
- COVID-19
- Community Wellbeing Index
- UK
- entrepreneurship
- global entrepreneurship monitor
- social capital