Collaborative Work Spaces
Diversity and Regional Entrepreneurship Growth
Collaborative work spaces are not only places where entrepreneurs rent desks. They can also act as local microclusters that shape who meets whom, what knowledge circulates, and how regional entrepreneurship develops.
What the paper argues
The chapter conceptualises collaborative work spaces as entrepreneurial microclusters. It translates qualitative insights from the coworking research programme into propositions about density, social interaction, related diversity, neighbourhood amenities, and entrepreneurship outcomes.
Its central move is to connect the lived social dynamics of coworking to regional economic questions: how place-based diversity and interaction can support entrepreneurial learning and opportunity formation.
Core contribution: Collaborative work spaces as microclusters linking spatial diversity to entrepreneurship growth
Why it matters
The chapter matters because entrepreneurship is often treated as either an individual trait or a regional statistic. Collaborative work spaces show the middle layer: designed places where interaction, diversity, and knowledge spillovers can be organised.
Coworking as regional infrastructure
This chapter extends the coworking programme from workplace/community theory into regional entrepreneurship and spatial diversity.
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