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Entrepreneurship in Homes and Neighbourhoods

家庭和社区的创业精神

基本信息

批准号：
ES/L001489/1
负责人：
Darja Reuschke
金额：
$ 3.88万
依托单位：
University of St Andrews
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FL001489%2F1
关键词：
Entrepreneurship Homes Neighbourhoods

项目摘要

Entrepreneurship and small firms are seen to have important roles in facilitating economic growth. Debates and policy strategies focus mainly on access to business capital and the creation of entrepreneurial environments in designated areas such as Enterprise Zones while a great potential for local growth occurs 'under the radar' of enterprise policy and business services: many people start their businesses from home, and many business owners operate mainly from their homes. Home-based businesses are very significant as at least half of all small- and medium-sized businesses in the UK and the US are home based, and the proportion of home-based businesses is rising over time. This applies to rural areas in particular, but is also apparent in suburban areas and cities. We expect that more people now use their homes to start-up their own businesses than prior to the economic crisis in 2007/08, because of rising unemployment and a drop in the level of business funding.Entrepreneurial activities are also influenced by the local neighbourhood context. For example, local networks in the neighbourhoods where potential entrepreneurs live are important for generating and realising business ideas. For those who mainly run their business from home or those who want to set up a business, coffee shops or other local places are important for meetings and social networking. Successful entrepreneurs are also significant 'role models' for (young) people in their local neighbourhoods.Despite the fact that homes and their local neighbourhood contexts are important for many entrepreneurial activities, there has been very little academic research on home-based businesses. The importance of homes and their local neighbourhood context for enterprising people is also largely ignored by policymakers. For example, social housing regulations have prevented people from using their homes for business purposes. In contrast to 'mainstream' enterprise policy and research, this Seminar Series seeks to develop new perspectives in local economic growth based on the notion that home-based business activities are essential to increase start up rates and to promote economically lagging and deprived communities.Main topics we will work on with a group of international researchers from different disciplines, practitioners and policymakers over the duration of three years include:- Understanding home-based businesses: Why the home? How entrepreneurial are they? Was the house chosen/designed with a business in mind?- Home-based businesses and their local settings: What are their wider benefits for communities? Are they able to revitalise/stimulate villages and 'bedroom suburbs'? Can they act as driver of economic growth in rural/suburban/urban localities?- Neighbourhoods and local networking: How can local authorities/communities stimulate start-ups, and how can they benefit from local entrepreneurship? How important are local neighbourhoods for the social networking of (potential) entrepreneurs?- Planning, regulation, finance, and technology: To what extent are home-based businesses below the regulatory radar? How can home-based businesses be supported by planning and regulation?An important aspect of this Seminar Series will be to engage with policymakers and practitioners. Two seminars will be hosted by key government bodies: the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) and The Scottish Government.It is also important to learn from other countries and their approaches to local economic growth and entrepreneurship. For example, Dutch researchers have developed innovative ways to think about local entrepreneurship by looking at the social capital of neighbourhoods for fostering entrepreneurial activities. One seminar will be hosted by the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment at the TU Delft (Netherlands). We will also invite international researchers and practitioners to seminars in the UK.

企业家精神和小企业被视为在促进经济增长方面发挥重要作用。辩论和政策战略主要集中在获得商业资本和在指定地区（如企业区）创造创业环境，而当地增长的巨大潜力是在企业政策和商业服务的“雷达”下发生的：许多人在家创业，许多企业主主要在家中经营。居家企业非常重要，因为在英国和美国，至少有一半的中小型企业是居家企业，而且居家企业的比例还在不断上升。这尤其适用于农村地区，但在郊区和城市也很明显。我们预计，由于失业率上升和企业融资水平下降，与2007/08年经济危机之前相比，现在有更多的人利用自己的房子创业。创业活动也受到当地社区环境的影响。例如，潜在企业家居住的社区的当地网络对于产生和实现商业创意非常重要。对于那些主要在家经营业务或想要创业的人来说，咖啡店或其他当地场所对会议和社交网络很重要。成功的企业家也是当地社区（年轻人）的重要“榜样”。尽管家庭及其当地社区环境对许多创业活动都很重要，但关于家庭企业的学术研究却很少。对于有进取心的人来说，住房及其所在社区环境的重要性也在很大程度上被政策制定者所忽视。例如，社会住房条例禁止人们将住房用于商业目的。与“主流”企业政策和研究不同的是，本系列研讨会旨在发展地方经济增长的新观点，其基础是家庭商业活动对提高创业率和促进经济落后和贫困社区至关重要。在三年的时间里，我们将与来自不同学科、从业者和政策制定者的一组国际研究人员合作的主要议题包括：-理解居家企业：为什么要居家？他们的创业精神如何？选择/设计这栋房子时是否考虑到了商业目的？-以家庭为基础的企业及其当地环境：它们对社区的更广泛好处是什么？他们能够振兴/刺激乡村和“卧室郊区”吗？他们能否成为农村/郊区/城市地区经济增长的驱动力？-社区和地方网络：地方当局/社区如何刺激初创企业，他们如何从当地创业中受益？当地社区对（潜在）企业家的社交网络有多重要？-规划、监管、金融和技术：居家企业在多大程度上不受监管？如何通过规划和监管来支持居家企业？这个系列研讨会的一个重要方面是让决策者和实践者参与进来。两场研讨会将由重要的政府机构主办：商业、创新和技能部（BIS）和苏格兰政府。同样重要的是，要向其他国家学习，学习它们促进当地经济增长和创业的方法。例如，荷兰研究人员通过观察社区的社会资本来促进创业活动，开发了创新的方法来思考当地的创业精神。一个研讨会将由OTB在代尔夫特工业大学（荷兰）的建筑环境研究所主办。我们还将邀请国际研究人员和从业人员参加在英国举行的研讨会。