Agency and regional development has attracted growing attention. The origins of much thought in this area lie in evolutionary economic geography, sometimes with a nod in the direction of geographical political economy. In recent literature, there has been a stress on agency in general and local entrepreneurship in particular. Stress is laid on good governance, involving an appropriate mix of stakeholders, and more particularly the involvement of local leaders/entrepreneurs and their communities. However, in this article, I want to argue that, firstly, a focus on local entrepreneurship is too limiting; and secondly, following on from the first point, the concept of agency at a local level is at best undercooked.

机构和地区发展越来越受到关注。该领域的许多思想起源于演化经济地理学，有时会向地理政治经济学方向点头。在最近的文献中，一般都强调代理，特别是地方创业。重点放在善治上，涉及利益相关者的适当组合，尤其是当地领导人/企业家及其社区的参与。然而，在本文中，我想争辩说，首先，对本地创业的关注过于局限；其次，从第一点开始，地方一级的代理概念充其量是未成熟的。