ABSTRACT

Four different South African groups are principally involved with research about entrepreneurship, namely groups focused on: (i) entrepreneurship, (ii) small towns, (iii) local economic development, and (iv) microeconomics of towns. There is limited cooperation between these groups, which if overcome could contribute to the reduction of community poverty in towns. Two hypotheses are examined to sketch the importance of quantified entrepreneurial knowledge: 1. New entrepreneurship, i.e. the ability to successfully start businesses of types not yet present, is linked with entrepreneurial strength in the tradable sectors of towns. 2 Entrepreneurial strength in the tradable sector reduces poverty in towns. A range of power law (log–log) relationships reflect the entrepreneurial complexity of towns and enables tests of the hypotheses. The first is rejected and the second accepted. Strength in the tradable sector of towns reduces community poverty. Greater research cooperation should be sought.

摘要

四个不同的南非团体主要参与有关创业的研究，即专注于：（i）创业，（ii）小城镇，（iii）地方经济发展和（iv）城镇微观经济学的团体。这些团体之间的合作有限，如果克服这些合作可能有助于减少城镇的社区贫困。研究了两个假设来勾勒量化创业知识的重要性： 1. 新创业，即成功创办尚未出现的类型企业的能力，与城镇可贸易部门的创业实力相关。2 贸易部门的企业家实力减少了城镇的贫困。一系列幂律（对数-对数）关系反映了城镇的创业复杂性，并能够对假设进行检验。第一个被拒绝，第二个被接受。城镇可贸易部门的实力减少了社区贫困。应寻求更大的研究合作。