This paper examines the impact of locational choice as a firm strategy to access knowledge spillovers from universities. Based on a large data set of young high-technology start-ups publicly listed in Germany, this study tests the propositions that geographic proximity to the university is...

Startup growth requires local resources. Economic geography has emphasized the role of agglomeration in accessing these resources. Sociology and urban planning have instead emphasized the role of social embeddedness. For many startups, this creates a trade-off between their home location, in...

This paper examines the factors that underlie location decisions made by entrepreneurs that have established successful hi-tech endeavours in non-traditional places. The paper considers the cases of Skype in Estonia and SoundCloud in Berlin. Lessons are drawn from the cases and a theoretical...