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Co-working spaces for promoting entrepreneurship in sparse regions: the case of South Wales
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posted on 2022-02-28, 13:05 authored by Anita FüziCo-working spaces are creative and energetic places where small firms, freelancers and start-ups, who have become tired of the isolation of their home offices and the distractions of their local coffee shops, can interact, share, build and co-create. Based on the existing literature and under the wider definition of co-working spaces, IndyCube and the Welsh Innovation Centre for Enterprise (Welsh ICE) can be identified as such in South Wales. These spaces provide support (moral, emotional, professional, financial) and facilities (infrastructure) to enable entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses. This paper aims to provide an empirical exploration of whether co-working spaces can promote entrepreneurship in regions with sparse entrepreneurial environments by creating the hard infrastructure particularly designed in such a way that the soft infrastructure necessary for entrepreneurship can also emerge.
History
Published in
Regional Studies, Regional SciencePublisher
Taylor & FrancisVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
Citation
Fuzi, A. (2015) 'Co-working spaces for promoting entrepreneurship in sparse regions: the case of South Wales', Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2(1). DOI: 10.1080/21681376.2015.1072053Print ISSN
2168-1376Cardiff Met Affiliation
- Cardiff School of Management
Cardiff Met Research Centre/Group
- Welsh Centre for Business and Management Research
Copyright Holder
- © The Authors
Language
- en