Title: Entrepreneurship, shared values and the region - assessing the conditions for regional social performance of entrepreneurial behaviour

Authors: Benedict C. Doepfer; André Habisch; Harald Pechlaner; Xenia-Isabel Poppe; Christoph Schwarz

Addresses: Center for Entrepreneurship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, P.Phil.-Jeningen-Platz 2, 85072 Eichstaett, Germany ' Center for Corporate Citizenship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Auf der Schanz 49, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany ' Center for Entrepreneurship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, P.Phil.-Jeningen-Platz 2, 85072 Eichstaett, Germany ' Center for Entrepreneurship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, P.Phil.-Jeningen-Platz 2, 85072 Eichstaett, Germany ' Center for Corporate Citizenship, Catholic University Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Auf der Schanz 49, 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany

Abstract: This study inquires the social impact of entrepreneurial behaviour from a regional development perspective. A special focus is laid on the reciprocity of public and private leaders' regional responsibility. From a social capital perspective, the relevance of shared values among actors within regional structures is elaborated and identified as a decisive component for establishing regional economic prosperity in dynamic structural conditions. Qualitative data is analysed by mapping semantic relations within network structures. Results emphasise the role of shared values among entrepreneurs and public managers as a critical precondition for the application of entrepreneurial patterns to approaching social challenges.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; social performance; SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; regional development; public-private partnerships; PPPs; shared values; entrepreneurial behaviour; social capital; semantic relations; network structures; public management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2016.076201

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, 2016 Vol.7 No.1, pp.36 - 56

Received: 15 Sep 2014
Accepted: 22 Sep 2015

Published online: 29 Apr 2016 *

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