Dirk Fornahl

Diese Forschungsstudie thematisiert die vielfältigen Wechselwirkungen zwischen der UniBw München mit dem Standort in Neubiberg und der sie umgebenden Region. Neben konjunkturellen Impulsen, die sich aus den Investitions- und Sachausgaben der UniBw sowie der Kaufkraft der Mitarbeiter und Studierenden ergeben, spielen Impulse aus der Forschung eine wichtige Rolle. Darüber hinaus nimmt die UniBw maßgeblich Einfluss auf gesellschaftliche und kulturelle Faktoren der Region.

Part of the highly successful Studies in Global Competition series and written by an author based at the Max Planck Institute in Germany – one of the world’s leading centres of evolutionary economics, this book looks at the medium to long term development of firm founding activity. Developing a framework with which to focus on development and change in regional firm founding activities and split into two sections, it: explores changes in regional firm founding activities; looking at empirical evidence based on the analysis of fifty German regionsexamines positive examples or 'role models' that can lead to change in regional start-up activities, analyzing its impact both theoretically and empirically in the German town of Jena. Incisive and based on empirical research, this book is a key resource for students engaged with change and development in entrepreneurial and regional start-up activities and the environmental impact of start up decisions as well as to policy makers in this area.

Of interest to industrial and regional economists as well as those working in business schools, this book presents an in-depth analysis of the reasons and determinants of firm creation. The author, based at the Max Planck Institute - one of the leading centres for evolutionary economics - using a multi-disciplinary approach analyzes the topic according ro a broad tripartite framework, emphasizing:regional determinantsindustrial determinantsindividual determinants. An invaluable resource, this book is a useful addition to the bookshelves of experts in the field of decision making, in both the public and private domain.