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Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being

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Entrepreneurial hubs in communities have moved beyond chambers of commerce to include coworking communities, incubators, and accelerators. The place for these localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities in the field of community well-being is not readily apparent. This perspective article proposes a place for localized entrepreneurial hubs in communities, especially small to midsize urban communities (<100,000 persons), in the community well-being literature. A literature review is undertaken to showcase relevant community well-being themes. Furthermore, a community case is shared to help craft a new indicators framework for analyzing localized entrepreneurial hubs’ impact on community well-being. The article finishes by generating essential questions for use in future research on localized entrepreneurial hubs in community well-being research, policy, and practice.

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  1. Notably, chambers of commerce are very Western forms of business associations. Researchers should also explore how alternative or other forms of business associations can impact community well-being (see Jianguo 2005).

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Talmage, C.A., Kher, R. & Cooley, C. Placing Localized Entrepreneurial Hubs in the Field of Community Well-Being. Int. Journal of Com. WB 2, 339–357 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-019-00039-5

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