Urban spaces in which entrepreneurship activities are conducted efficiently, undertake role of being central for entrepreneurs and urban improvement and are accepted as the major component of “Entrepreneur City” concept. Based on these findings and current financial facts, 30 cities which have metropolitan municipality were evaluated in context of “Entrepreneur City” according to data from year 2013. Framework set for evaluation was formed with 7 components. Such components were Regulatory Environment, Infrastructure, Market Conditions, Access to Capital, Labor force, Innovation and Culture. In this study which uses standardization and composite index methods, indicator scores was formed for each city and entrepreneur city index was found for each city by combining those scores. According to result of the study, İstanbul city which has the highest index value was found in the first place in entrepreneur city index gradation list.
Keywords: Entrepreneur City, Index, Economic Development, Metropolis, Entrepreneurship
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