TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cohen,Boyd
AU  - Muñoz,Pablo
AU  - Florida,Richard L.
TI  - The emergence of the urban entrepreneur: how the growth of cities and the sharing economy are driving a new breed of innovators 
SN  - 9781440844553
U1  - 330.91732 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Urban economics
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Emerging urban landscape for innovation & entrepreneurship -- The great urban migration -- Emergence of the civic entrepreneurship space -- The rise of the indie urbanpreneurship space -- Big city enablers -- The great equalizer -- Challenges of and reflections on the future of urbanpreneurship
N2  - Combining emerging trends in collaboration, democratization, and urbanization, this book examines the emergence of entrepreneurship and innovation as a primarily urban phenomenon, explains why urban environments are rapidly attracting global innovators across three distinct forms of "urbanpreneurship," and lights the path forward for entrepreneurs, innovators, and city governments. * Documents how the integration of three converging trends-collaboration, democratization, and urbanization-contribute to what the author calls the "Urbanpreneur Spiral" * Presents eye-opening insights and reflections on the current and future state of entrepreneurship and innovation in society * Explains why today's cities are the primary source of opportunities for new entrepreneurs * Pays much-needed attention to the growing role of local governments in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation
ER  -