The Emergence of the Urban Entrepreneur: How the Growth of Cities and the Sharing Economy Are Driving a New Breed of Innovators

by Boyd Cohen

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.

The world is urbanizing rapidly. Currently, 600 cities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440844550
• ISBN13: 9781440844553
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.4"