Table of Contents

NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECTS ON FIRM SUCCESS AND STRATEGY - 2 Index - 6 Acknowledgements - 8 Chapter 1 Introduction - 10 Chapter 2 A place for area-based policy? The survival and growth of local firms in Dutch residential neighbourhoods - 24 Chapter 3 Cohesion, liveability and firm success in Dutch neighbourhoods - 60 Chapter 4 The added value of neighbourhood-based support networks to local firm growth - 82 Chapter 5 Anchoring of firms in the neighbourhood: Does local social and physical order affect local firms’ investment strategies? - 112 Chapter 6 Exploring the role of the neighbourhood in firm relocation: Differences between stayers andmovers - 136 Chapter 7 The role of the neighbourhood for firm relocation - 158 Chapter 8 Conclusions and discussion - 174 References - 186 Buurteffecten op het succes en de strategieën van bedrijven(Samenvatting in het Nederlands) - 196

About the Author

Bart Sleutjes (Roermond, 1983) is an economic and urban geographer. After gaining his master degree at the University of Amsterdam, he specialised in economic processes within residential neighbourhoods. His Ph.D. study was conducted at the Urban and Regional research centre Utrecht (URU), which is part of Utrecht University.