Hans Westlund

Professor Entrepreneurship
CEnSE - Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics , Jönköping International Business School
Professor Entrepreneurship
Economics , Jönköping International Business School
Doctor of Philosophy
Presentation Publications

Research

Hans Westlund is interested in regional development, social capital, innovation, entrepreneurship, peripheral and rural regions.

Biography

Dr. Hans Westlund, b. 1957 PhD in Economic History (University of Umeå, Umeå) 1992

Current Positions and Selected Commissions

  • Chariman of the Local Organisation Committee for the European Regional Science Association's (ERSA) 50th Anniversary congress, in Jönköping 2010.
  • Member of the Swedish Board of Agriculture's (Jordbruksverket) Rural Council
  • Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry's Committee for Rural Development
  • Member of the Swedish Rural Network's and the Research Council Formas' Scientific Council of Rural Development
  • Professor in Regional Planning, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden. 2007-
  • Professor in Entrepreneurship and Director of Institute for Rural Entrepreneurship, Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping, Sweden. 2007-
  • Member of the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation´s Sector Committee for Research on the Civil Society 2003-
  • Chairman and founder (together with Professor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kyoto University) of the International workshop “Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan´s and Sweden´s Countryside", 2004-
  • Member of the board of directors of the Western Regional Science Association 2005-
  • Member of the European Organising Committee of the European Regional Science Association 2006-

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Article

Naldi, L., Larsson, J., Westlund, H. (2020). Policy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation in vulnerable Swedish municipalities Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(7-8), 473-491. More information
Farrell, K., Westlund, H. (2018). China’s rapid urban ascent: an examination into the components of urban growth Asian Geographer, 35(1), 85-106. More information
Lundgren, A., Westlund, H. (2017). The openness buzz in the knowledge economy: Towards taxonomy Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 35(6), 975-989. More information
Ekane, N., Mertz, C., Slovic, P., Kjellén, M., Westlund, H. (2016). Risk and benefit judgment of excreta as fertilizer in agriculture: An exploratory investigation in Rwanda and Uganda Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 22(3), 639-666. More information
Li, Y., Li, Y., Westlund, H., Liu, Y. (2015). Urban-rural transformation in relation to cultivated land conversion in China: Implications for optimizing land use and balanced regional development Land use policy, 47, 218-224. More information
Yuheng, L., Zhang, Z., Westlund, H., Yansui, L. (2015). Rural household income in transitional China: Spatio-temporal disparity and its interpretation China: An International Journal, 13(2), 151-168. More information
Naldi, L., Nilsson, P., Westlund, H., Wixe, S. (2015). What is smart rural development? Journal of Rural Studies, 40, 90-101. More information
Eliasson, K., Westlund, H., Johansson, M. (2015). Determinants of Net Migration to Rural Areas, and the Impacts of Migration on Rural Labour Markets and Self-Employment in Rural Sweden European Planning Studies, 23(2), 693-709 Abingdon: Routledge . More information
Li, Y., Wang, X., Westlund, H., Liu, Y. (2015). Physical Capital, Human Capital, and Social Capital: The Changing Roles in China’s Economic Growth Growth and Change, 46(1), 133-146 Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell . More information
Westlund, H. (2014). Urban futures in planning, policy and regional science: Are we entering a post-urban world? Built Environment, 40(4), 447-457 Oxford: Alexandrine Press . More information
Westlund, H., Li, Y. (2014). From urban-rural to global dependencies International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 13(2-4), 141-149 Geneva: InderScience Publishers . More information
Westlund, H., Larsson, J., Rader Olsson, A. (2014). Start-ups and Local Entrepreneurial Social Capital in the Municipalities of Sweden Regional studies, 48(6), 974-994. More information
Falck, S., Westlund, H. (2013). Regional Grants and FDI Location: Evidence from Swedish Regional Policy Programs 2002-2009 Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 7(1), 36-68 Bukarest: Asociatia Romana de Stiinte Regionale . More information
Westlund, H. (2013). A Brief History of Time, Space, and Growth: Waldo Tobler’s First Law of Geography Revisited The annals of regional science, 51(3), 917-924 Berlin: Springer Berlin/Heidelberg . More information
Li, Y., Westlund, H. (2013). Interpreting overall inequality in China: The roles of physical capital, human capital and social capital Regional Science Inquiry, 5(2), 145-150 Aten: Hellenic Association of Regional Scientists . More information
Eliasson, K., Westlund, H. (2013). Attributes influencing self-employment propensity in urban and rural Sweden The annals of regional science, 50(2), 479-514 Berlin: Springer Berlin/Heidelberg . More information
Westlund, H., Pichler, W. (2013). The Swedish countryside in the neo-urban knowledge economy Regional Science Policy & Practice, 5(2), 225-236 Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell . More information
Westlund, H., Gawell, M. (2012). Building Social Capital For Social Entrepreneurship Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 83(1), 101-116 Oxford: Blackwell Publishing . More information
Westlund, H. (2012). Social capital and regional development: Research achievements and remaining problems. Milano: Edizioni Franco Angeli More information
Westlund, H., Johansson, M., Eliasson, K. (2011). "New Rurality": Employment, Commuting and Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 839-852. More information
Westlund, H. (2011). Multidimensional Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Considerations and Swedish Empirics Regional Science Policy & Practice, 3(3), 199-218 Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell . More information
Li, Y., Westlund, H. (2011). Decomposition Analysis of Population Change and its Determinants in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 5(1) Bukarest: Asociatia Romana de Stiinte Regionale . More information
Westlund, H., Calidoni, F. (2010). The creative class, social capital and regional development in Japan Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, 22(2/3), 89-108. More information
Westlund, H., Adam, F. (2010). Social Capital and Economic Performance: A Meta-analysis of 65 Studies European Planning Studies, 18(6), 893-919. More information
Li, Y., Westlund, H., Cars, G. (2010). Future urban-rural relationship in China: comparison in a global context China Agricultural Economic Review, 2(4), 396-411 Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing Limited . More information
Rutten, R., Westlund, H., Boekema, F. (2010). The Spatial Dimension of Social Capital European Planning Studies, 18(6), 863-871. More information
Westlund, H., Rutten, R., Boekema, F. (2010). Social Capital, Distance, Borders and Levels of Space: Conclusions and Further Issues European Planning Studies, 18(6), 965-970 Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis . More information
Nordin, S., Westlund, H. (2009). Social Capital and the Life Cycle Model: The Transformation of the Destination of Åre Tourism, 57(3), 259-284. More information
Westlund, H., Johansson, M. (2008). Social capital enhancement through regional co-operation: A study of a Swedish policy program Romanian Journal of Regional Science, 2(1), 35-53. More information
Westlund, H. (2007). Comments on President Jack Osman's Presentation The annals of regional science, 41(1), 13-15. More information
Westlund, H., Nilsson, E. (2005). Measuring enterprises' investments in social capital: a pilot study Regional studies, 39(8), 1079-1094. More information
Westlund, H., Bygvrå, S. (2004). Shopping behaviour in the Øresund region before and after the establishment of the fixed link between Denmark and Sweden GeoJournal, 61(1), 41-52. More information

Book

Westlund, H. (2006). Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy: Theory and Empirics. Berlin: Springer More information

Book chapter

Karlsson, C., Westlund, H., Haas, T. (2020). Innovative transformations of global city regions in the post-urban world. In: E. L. Glaeser, K. Kourtit & P. Nijkamp (Ed.), Urban empires: cities as global rulers in the new urban world (pp. 257 -274). New York City: Routledge More information
Westlund, H. (2018). Railways and regional growth, dispersion and concentration in Scandinavia over 150 years. In: K. Matsushima, & W. P. Anderson (Ed.), Transportation, knowledge and space in urban and regional economics (pp. 9 -23). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Haas, T. (2017). Introduction: In the post-urban world. In: T. Haas & H. Westlund (Ed.), In the post-urban world: Emergent transformation of cities and regions in the innovative global economy (pp. 1 -12). London: Routledge More information
Westlund, H. (2017). Urban-rural relations in the post-urban world. In: T. Haas & H. Westlund (Ed.), In the post-urban world: Emergent transformation of cities and regions in the innovative global economy (pp. 70 -81). London: Routledge More information
Olsson, A., Westlund, H., Larsson, J. (2015). Entrepreneurial governance for local growth. In: Karima Kourtit, Peter Nijkamp and Roger R. Stough (Ed.), The rise of the city: Spatial dynamics in the urban century (pp. 135 -159). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Li, Y. (2015). Analysis of local social capital. In: Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson and Therese Norman (Ed.), Handbook of research methods and applications in economic geography (pp. 321 -341). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Nilsson, P., Naldi, L., Westlund, H., Wixe, S. (2015). The influence of related and unrelated variety on firm performance in European urban and rural areas. In: Yvonne von Friedrichs, Hans Westlund, Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social capital and development trends in rural areas: Vol. 10 (pp. 159 -178). Jönköping: Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School More information
Johansson, M., Nilsson, P., Westlund, H. (2015). Demographic and rural trends in Europe. In: Yvonne von Friedrichs, Hans Westlund, Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social capital and development trends in rural areas: Vol. 10 (pp. 129 -158). Kyoto: MARG Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H., Lööf, H., Rader Olsson, A., Navabi, P. (2014). The entrepreneurial/innovative place potential of Swedish cities and towns. In: R Rutten, P Benneworth, D Irawati, F Boekema (Ed.), The social dynamics of innovation networks (pp. 60 -80). Abingdon: Routledge More information
Westlund, H., Olsson, A. (2014). Entrepreneurial governance for local growth. In: K. Matsushima, H. Westlund, K. Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 9 (pp. 9 -27). Kyoto: MARG Kyoto Univeristy More information
Westlund, H. (2014). Social Capital in the Age of Megacities and the Knowledge Economy. In: T Haas, K Olsson (Ed.), Emergent urbanism (pp. 65 -71). Farnham: Ashgate More information
Westlund, H., Rader Olsson, A., Larsson, J. (2014). Entrepreneurship and its effects on local employment and population in Sweden. In: S Westerdahl, H Westlund, K Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 8. (pp. 73 -87). Jönköping: Jönköping International Business School More information
Westlund, H., Westerdahl, S., Kobayashi, K. (2014). Globalisation, social capital and rural development. In: S Westerdahl, H Westlund, K Kybayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 8. (pp. 1 -15). Jönköping: CENSE (Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics), Jönköping International Business School More information
Westlund, H., Kobayashi, K., Matsushima, K. (2014). Social capital, creative services and rural development. In: K Matsushima, H Westlund, K Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 9 (pp. 1 -7). Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H., Gawell, M. (2014). Social entrepreneurship as a construct of a liberal welfare regime?. In: H Douglas and S Grant (Ed.), Social entrepreneurship and enterprise: Concepts in context (pp. 241 -258). Melbourne: Tilde Univeristy Press More information
Westlund, H., Andersson, M., Karlsson, C. (2014). Creativity as an integral element of social capital and its role for economic performance. In: R Sternberg and G Krauss (Ed.), Handbook on research on entrepreneurship and creativity (pp. 60 -96). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H. (2014). Social capital and governance for efficient water management. In: K. Kobayashi, I Syabri, IRD Ari, H Jeong (Ed.), Community based water management and social capital (pp. 59 -68). London: IWA Publishing More information
Jeong, H., Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H. (2013). Social capital for sustainable rural regions: the roles of voluntary association-mediated public service. In: Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society (pp. 299 -332). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Li, Y., Westlund, H. (2013). Social capital and economic growth in China’s provinces. In: Hans Westlund and Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society (pp. 182 -198). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Calidoni, F. (2013). Regional development and the creative class in Japan. In: Mellander C, Florida R, Asheim B and Gertler M (Ed.), The Creative Class Goes Global (pp. 262 -282). London and New York: Routledge More information
Eliasson, K., Westlund, H., Fölster, S. (2013). Does social capital contribute to regional economic growth?: Swedish experiences. In: Westlund, H. and Kobayashi, K. (Ed.), Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society (pp. 113 -126). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Kobayashi, K. (2013). Social capital and sustainable urban-rural relationships in the global knowledge society. In: Westlund, H. and Kobayashi, K. (Ed.), Social capital and rural development in the knowledge society (pp. 1 -17). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Li, Y. (2013). Collaboration Innovation Systems and the Significance of Social Capital. In: Adam, F. and Westlund, H. (Ed.), Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context (pp. 126 -141). New York: Routledge More information
Adam, F., Westlund, H. (2013). The meaning and importance of socio-cultural context for innovation performance. In: Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context (pp. 1 -21). New York: Routledge More information
Westlund, H., Adam, F. (2013). Instead of a Conclusion: Society, Culture, and Innovation: Themes for Future Studies. In: Frane Adam and Hans Westlund (Ed.), Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context (pp. 211 -213). New York: Routledge More information
Westlund, H., Rader Olsson, A., Larsson, J. (2013). Startups and their effects on local development: the case of Sweden. In: B. Johansson, C. Karlsson & R. Stough (Ed.), Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Technology and the Transformation of Regions (pp. 51 -67). London: Routledge More information
Westlund, H., Rader Olsson, A. (2012). Measuring political entrepreneurship: an empirical study of Swedish Municipalities. In: Kobayashi, K, Westlund, H., Jeong, H. (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 7 (pp. 121 -147). Kyoto: MARG More information
Westlund, H. (2012). A multidimensional perspective on entrepreneurship. In: Karlsson C, Johansson B and Stough R. (Ed.), Entrepreneurship, Social Capital and Governance: Directions for the Sustainable Development and Competitiveness of Regions (pp. 192 -220). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
Westlund, H., Rader Olsson, A., Larsson, J. (2012). Startups, social capital and local development. In: Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H., Jeong, H (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 7 (pp. 25 -43). Kyoto: MARG More information
Westlund, H., Kobayashi, K., Jeong, H. (2012). Social capital formation and reformation for rural lives and disaster relief. In: Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H., Jeong, H. (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 7 (pp. 1 -9). Kyoto: MARG More information
Westlund, H., Rader Olsson, A., Larsson, J. (2011). Economic Entrepreneurship, Startups and their Effects on Local development: The Case of Sweden. In: Bernhard, I. (Ed.), Uddevalla Symposium 2011: Entreprenuerial Knowledge, Technology and Transformation of Regions (pp. 451 -470). Trollhättan: Department of Economics and IT, University West More information
Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H., Jeong, H. (2011). Change the Social Structure and Social Capital. In: Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H. and Jeong, H. (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 6 (pp. 1 -8). Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H. (2011). Collaboration in Innovation Systems and the Role of Social Capital. In: Adam, F. and Westlund, H. (Ed.), Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Innovation Performance (pp. 108 -130). Ljubljana: Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis (IRSA) More information
Westlund, H. (2011). Societal Entrepreneurship and Social Capital. In: Kobayashi, K., Westlund, H. and Jeong, H. (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 6. (pp. 9 -20). Kyoto: MARG (Marginal Areas Research Group) More information
Westlund, H., Eliasson, K., Johansson, M. (2010). Labor Market Aspects of the "New Rurality": Employment, Commuting and Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden. In: Hans Westlund & Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol 5 (pp. 77 -92). Jönköping: RUREG, Jönköping International Business School More information
Westlund, H. (2010). A New Urban-Rural Relationship Needs a New Social Capital. In: Hans Westlund & Kiyoshi Kobayashi (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas. Vol. 5 (pp. 77 -92). Jönköping: Research Unit for Rural Entrepreneurship and Growth (RUREG), Jönköping International Business School More information
Westlund, H., Fröbel, L. (2009). Sustainable Rural Development and Social Capital Improvement. In: Kobayshi, K., Westlund, H., Tamura, T. & Jeong, H. (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 4 (pp. 1 -8). Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H. (2009). The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective. In: Karlsson, C., Andersson, Å.E.,Chechire, P.C. & Stough, R. (Ed.), New Directions in Regional Economic Development (pp. 121 -142). Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer More information
Westlund, H. (2009). Nyttiggörande också bortom den egna sektorn: samhällsentreprenörskap och socialt kapital. In: Samhällets entreprenörer: En forskarantologi om samhällsentreprenörskap (pp. 234 -251). Stockholm: KK-stiftelsen More information
Westlund, H., Fröbel, L. (2008). Social capital and rural development: A preliminary pilot study. In: Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Lars Westin, Hans Westlund (Ed.), Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas. Vol. 3 (pp. 79 -98). Umeå: Centre for Regional Science (CERUM) More information
Westlund, H. (2008). Knowledge Intense Industries, Spatial Externalities and Social Capital. In: Darka Podmenik (Ed.), Sociokulturni in organizacijski vidiki prenosa znanja (pp. 43 -60). Ljubljana: Inštitut za razvojne in strateške analize (IRSA) More information
Westlund, H. (2008). Kan hela Sverige leva som Gnosjö?. In: Ska hela Sverige leva? (pp. 217 -228). Stockholm: Formas More information
Westlund, H. (2007). Social Capital and the Creative Class: Civil Society, Regional Development and High-Tech Industry in Japan. In: Uddevalla Symposium 2007: Institutions for Knowledge Generation and Knowledge Flows – Building Innovative Capabilities for Regions (pp. 295 -317). Trollhättan/Uddevalla: Department of Economics and Informatics, University West More information
Westlund, H., Pichler, W. (2006). Settlement Patterns on the Swedish Countryside in the Emerging Knowledge Society. In: Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 2 (pp. 103 -114). Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Regional effects of universities and higher education:  A knowledge overview of Swedish, Scandinavian and international experience. In: Uddevalla Symposium 2004: Regions in Competition and Co-operation (pp. 851 -879). Trollhättan/Uddevalla : University of Trollhättan/Uddevalla More information
Westlund, H., Eliasson, K., Fölster, S. (2005). Does Social Capital Contribute to Regional Economic Growth?: Swedish Experiences. In: Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas (pp. 221 -230). Kyoto: Kyoto University More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Socialt kapital och tillväxt i kunskapsekonomin: Ett regionalpolitiskt perspektiv på civilsamhället. In: Civilsamhället: Några forskningsfrågor (pp. 100 -109). Stockholm: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond i samarbete med Gidlunds Förlag More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Högskolans regionala samverkan: drivkrafter, problem och det sociala kapitalets betydelse. In: Lärande hela livet: en antologi om lärandets betydelse för utveckling i arbetsliv och samhälle (pp. 241 -246). Lund: Studentlitteratur More information
Westlund, H. (2004). Järnvägar och regional tillväxt i Skandinavien under 150 år. In: Strukturernas dynamik: Kontinuitet och förändring i ekonomisk historia (pp. 33 -47). Umeå: Umeå University More information

Review

Westlund, H. (2012). Venture Labor: Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries. Cambridge: MIT Press More information
Westlund, H. (2011). Handbook of social capital: The troika of sociology, political science and economics. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell More information
Westlund, H. (2010). Intangible Capital: Its Contribution to Economic Growth, Well-being and Rationality. More information
Westlund, H. (2009). Vad gjorde de som stannade kvar?: Nytt perspektiv på glesbygdens avfolkning. More information
Westlund, H. (2009). Handbook of Social Capital: The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics. More information
Westlund, H. (2009). Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters. More information
Westlund, H. (2007). Entrepreneurship in the Region. More information
Westlund, H. (2007). Social Capital, Networks and Economic Development: An Analysis of Regional Productive Systems, by María Semitel Garcá. More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development: A Spatial Perspective. More information
Westlund, H. (2004). Voices from the North: New Trends in Nordic Human Geography. More information

Conference paper

Wixe, S., Nilsson, P., Naldi, L., Westlund, H. (2016). Disentangling innovation in small food firms: The role of external knowledge, support, and collaboration. Western Regional Science Association 55th Annual Meeting, February, 14-17, 2016, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. More information
Lundgren, A., Westlund, H. (2015). The concept of openness in the knowledge economy: Towards a taxonomy. 54th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Tucson, Arizona, February 15-18, 2015. More information
Nilsson, P., Naldi, L., Westlund, H., Wixe, S. (2014). The Influence of Related and Unrelated Variety on Firm Performance across European Urban and Rural Regions. The Swedish-Japanese workshop 21-22 August 2014 in Östersund. More information
Naldi, L., Nilsson, P., Westlund, H., Wixe, S. (2014). What is Smart Rural Development?. 53rd Annual Meeting Western Regional Science Association (WRSA), San Diego, 16-19 February, 2014. More information
Rader Olsson, A., Westlund, H. (2011). Measuring political entrepreneurship: an empirical study of Swedish Municipalities. 50th Golden anniversary meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Monterey, CA, February 27 - March 2, 2011. More information
Westlund, H., Eliasson, K., Johansson, M. (2008). Labour Market Aspects of the “New Rurality”: Employment, Commuting and Entrepreneurship in Rural Sweden. the 48th Congress of the European Regional Science Association Liverpool, UK, August 27-31, 2008. More information
Nordin, S., Westlund, H. (2008). From Mountain Village to International Ski Resort: The Transformation of the Destination of Åre. The 47th Annual Meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, The Big Island of Hawai’i, Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, February 17-20, 2008. More information
Westlund, H. (2008). Analyzing social capital of the civil society and economic variables – a spatial problem. the 22nd annual meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, 14-15 November 2008. More information
Westlund, H., Calidoni-Lundberg, F. (2007). Social Capital and the Creative Class: Civil Society, Regional Development and High-Tech Industry in Japan. the 44th annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, Newport Beach, California, February 21-24 2007. More information
Westlund, H., Fröbel, L. (2007). Social capital as a driving force in local development and social economy entrepreneurship: a qualitative study based on Swedish examples. the 4th workshop on Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan’s and Sweden’s Countryside, August 2007, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan.. More information
Westlund, H. (2007). A European Growth Policy for Twenty-seven Countries?: Prospects and Problems for a Diversified Union. “Towards Lisbon 2.1.”, Ljubljana, September 28, 2007.. More information
Fröbel, L., Westlund, H. (2006). Social capital and rural development: A preliminary pilot study. the 3rd workshop on Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan’s and Sweden’s Countryside, August 2006, Vindeln, Sweden. More information
Westlund, H. (2006). Strong Embeddedness in Weak Ties: Social Capital of the Knowledge Economy. the IAREP–SABE Congress, 5–8 July, 2006, P1 & P5 University, Paris, FRANCE, Session: Intangible Capital and Economic Behavior, July 6. More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Social capital of a knowledge intense industry: A comparison of the biotech industry in Sweden, California and Japan. the 44th Annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association, San Diego, California, February 23-26, 2005. More information
Westlund, H. (2005). Spatial externalities and social capital. The 21st European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium 2005, June 30-July 2, 2005, Freie Universität Berlin. More information
Westlund, H., Pichler, W. (2005). Settlement patterns on the Swedish countryside in the emerging knowledge society. the 2nd workshop on Social Capital and Development Trends in Japan’s and Sweden’s Countryside 24, 25 October 2005, Nichinan, Japan. More information
Westlund, H. (2005). The Social Capital of Regional Dynamics: A Policy Perspective. The 19th Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference (APRC), Meikai University, December 11-12, 2005.. More information
Westlund, H. (2004). Regional effects of universities and higher education: A knowledge overview of Swedish, Scandinavian and international experience.. the 44th Congress of the European Regional Science Association, Porto, Portugal, August 25-29, 2004.. More information

Collections

(2017). In the post-urban world: Emergent transformation of cities and regions in the innovative global economy. London: Routledge More information
(2014). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 9. Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
(2013). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 8. Jönköping: Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics, Jönköping International Business School More information
(2013). Social Capital and Rural Development in the Knowledge Society. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information
(2013). Innovation in Socio-Cultural Context. New York: Routledge More information
(2012). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 7. Kyoto: MARG More information
(2011). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 6. Kyoto: MARG (Marginal Areas Research Group) More information
(2010). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol.5. Jönköping: RUREG, Jönköping International Business School More information
(2009). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 4. Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information
(2008). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas Vol. 3. Umeå: CERUM, Umeå University More information
(2005). Social Capital and Development Trends in Rural Areas. Kyoto: MARG, Kyoto University More information

Report

Wixe, S., Nilsson, P., Naldi, L., Westlund, H. (2017). Disentangling innovation in small food firms: The role of external knowledge, support, and collaboration. Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology More information

Conference proceedings (editor)

Westlund, H., Frane, A. (Eds.). (2011). Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Innovation Performance. , Ljubljana: Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analysis (IRSA) 2011 More information