The importance of buisiness climate and people climate on regional rerformance

TY - JOUR

T1 - The importance of buisiness climate and people climate on regional rerformance

AU - Eriksson, Rikard

AU - Hansen, Høgni Kalsø

AU - Lindgren, Urban

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Creativity and talent are considered key factors in regional development due to the connection between growth, city-regions and human capital. To come to a deeper understanding of the relevance of recent amenity-driven theories and how they are related to employment and gross regional product per capita (GRP) at the regional level, this paper analyses the influence of business climate (business-friendly assets) and people climate (amenities). Based on panel-data regressions, it is shown that both business and people climate are related to regional performance. The exact nature of these relationships is, however, dependent on how both regional performance and business or people climate is defined.

AB - Creativity and talent are considered key factors in regional development due to the connection between growth, city-regions and human capital. To come to a deeper understanding of the relevance of recent amenity-driven theories and how they are related to employment and gross regional product per capita (GRP) at the regional level, this paper analyses the influence of business climate (business-friendly assets) and people climate (amenities). Based on panel-data regressions, it is shown that both business and people climate are related to regional performance. The exact nature of these relationships is, however, dependent on how both regional performance and business or people climate is defined.

U2 - 10.1080/00343404.2013.770140

DO - 10.1080/00343404.2013.770140

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0034-3404

VL - 48

SP - 1135

EP - 1155

JO - Regional Studies

JF - Regional Studies

IS - 6

ER -