Entrepreneurship and the community

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is a contextual activity, which is influenced by its surrounding community. There has been an increased interest in the role communities play in entrepreneurship due to the increased effort of policy planners to harness the potential of their regions. Locality in terms of community can help or hinder entrepreneurship. This chapter discusses the role communities play in entrepreneurship and how to further facilitate engagement with stakeholders. The relevance of communities for entrepreneurship is explained as a way to understand the proceeding chapters of the book.