Karlson, C. & Nystöm, K. (2009). “Knowledge Accessiblity and New Firm Formation.” I Desai, S., Stough, R.R & Nijkamp, P. (red.), New Directions in Regional Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship Theory and Methods, Practice and Policy. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
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2025
Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin, IVA.
Omfattningen på de globala utmaningarna har under senare år tilltagit och nått tidigare sällan skådade nivåer. Klimatet, det förändrade säkerhetsläget, ökad protektionism, integration, demografi och urbanisering är några av dem. Komplexa problem måste följaktligen lösas under en relativt kort tidsrymd. Samtidigt öppnar det upp möjligheter för ett innovativt och nydanande entreprenörskap.
Ett vitalt entreprenörskap är dock beroende av tillgång på relevant kompetens, ett problem som delas med näringslivet i stort. Att rekrytera anställda till ett nystartat företag är dessutom en utmanande uppgift i sig när konkurrensen om talang är hög.
Kompetens från andra länder såväl som nya källor för kompetensförsörjning blir då särskilt viktiga. Genom att tydliggöra vilken kompetensbrist som finns i Sverige och vilken problematik entreprenörer möter i samband med rekrytering är förhoppningen att kunskapsöversikten ska bidra till att underlätta entreprenörers kompetensförsörjning.
I denna översikt belyses bland annat möjligheterna till internationellt kompetenstillskott av anställda (personer som söker arbetstillstånd), lokalisering av utländska entreprenörer i Sverige samt att internationella studenter ska kunna verka i Sverige antingen som anställda eller entreprenörer.
2022
Questioning the Entrepreneurial State, 219.
This chapter investigates Chinese wind power development and concludes that innovation cannot be pushed by the efforts of many, and that when the state clarifies directions and objectives, these can be achieved but with severe and unexpected side effects. Two topics are explored: wind curtailment and low technological development, both examples of unproductive entrepreneurship induced by government policies. The goal of wind power capacity expansion leads to construction (i.e., generation capacity) but little electricity. Examples of failures include low grid connectivity with, some years averaging 15% of generation capacity broken or unconnected to the grid. A key lesson for Europe is that forced innovation often amounts to little and that the old saying holds up: “no plan survives contact with reality.”
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2020
Ratio Working Paper
This paper studies the perceived difficulty of recruiting scarce competences to rural regions. Furthermore, the role of policy in facilitating and enhancing recruitment to and better skills matching in rural regions is discussed. Based on a survey targeted to the business sections in Swedish municipalities, the results show that recruitment is perceived to be difficult in both rural and non-rural regions. However, recruitment problems in the public sector are more pronounced in rural municipalities. Nevertheless, recruitment to the public and business sectors are perceived to be equally difficult in rural regions. Both rural municipalities and non-rural municipalities state that the difficulty of recruiting the right skills results in a lack of skills matching and constitutes an obstacle to growth. Which policies can help remedy recruitment problems in rural regions? The pecuniary incentive of writing off student debt is perceived to be the most promising policy, but respondents also believe that non-pecuniary support such as relocation support for accompanying persons and tandem recruitment should be implemented to a greater extent. Finally, the need for flexibility and policies that can be adapted to the regional demand for labour are stressed. This regards for example the adaption of education programmes to local needs and rules and regulations.
