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Locational challenges and opportunities for SMEs in border regions

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2019
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Makkonen, Teemu
Leick, Birgit
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10.1080/09654313.2019.1705765
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Makkonen, Teemu. Leick, Birgit. (2019). Locational challenges and opportunities for SMEs in border regions.  European planning studies, [Epub ahead of print 22 Dec 2019], 10.1080/09654313.2019.1705765.
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Abstract

The present paper explores the unresolved issue in regional planning of whether small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) benefit from being located in border regions in terms of cross-border cooperation opportunities and cross-border externalities. By systematically reviewing the existing literature on the topic with the help of a mapping review, it suggests the following answer: SMEs in border regions do benefit from cross-border cooperation opportunities. However, there is no strong empirical support of a prevalence of positive cross-border externalities. Rather, the review finds that SMEs in border regions are influenced by negative cross-border externalities. Since the results do not point in a clear-cut direction, given their high degree of context-specificity, we claim that further studies on the topic are necessary to combine the established knowledge on SME-based entrepreneurship with planning theories and concepts taken from the literature on borders, border asymmetries and border regions.

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border region   cross-border cooperation   cross-border externalities   entrepreneurs   SMEs   
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https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/7884
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1705765
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