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Entrepreneurial developments and challenges in the Sud Muntenia region of Romania
Iordan, Marioara; Chilian, Mihaela-Nona - 2011
Entrepreneurship is crucial for the economic development of a region. Using entropy, cluster and shift-share analysis techniques, the authors present a detailed picture of the entrepreneurial milieu of the Sud Muntenia region of Romania, pointing both towards the presence of an overall...
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Regional knowledge, entrepreneurial culture and innovative start-ups over time and space : an empirical investigation
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
We investigate the role of entrepreneurship culture and the historical knowledge base of a region on current levels of new business formation in innovative industries. The analysis is for German regions and covers the time period 1907-2014. We find a pronounced positive relationship between high...
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Regional development fueled by entrepreneurial ventures providing KIBS : case study on Romania
Strat, Vasile Alecsandru; Davidescu, Adriana Ana Maria; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 41, pp. 55-72
The main goal of the current research paper is to analyze the evolution of the knowledge intensive business services sector from Romania, for the period 2008-2014, from a territorial point of view and to assess its impact in the general economic development. Using a time series of Gini...
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Regional public research, higher education, and innovative start-ups : an empirical investigation
Aamoucke, Ronney; Fritsch, Michael - 2013
Based on detailed information about the regional knowledge base, particularly about universities, we find that regional public research and education have a strong positive impact on new business formation in innovative industries but not in industries classified as non-innovative. Measures for...
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Fields of knowledge, types of higher education institutions, and innovative start-ups : an empirical investigation
Aamoucke, Ronney; Fritsch, Michael - 2014
We investigate the role played by different fields of academic knowledge and various types of higher education institutions in the emergence of innovative start-ups in a region. We show that education and research in the applied and natural sciences have the strongest effect on the emergence of...
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Research Universities and Regional High-Tech Firm Start-up and Exit
De Silva, Dakshina G. - 2013
If localized knowledge spillovers are present in the university setting, higher rates of both start-up and/or survival would be observed in areas that are geographically proximate to the university. Using a detailed industry dataset for Texas for 1999:3-2005:2, we analyze start-up and exit rates...
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The Wealth of Regions : Government Quality and Entrepreneurship in Europe
Charron, Nicholas - 2012
This paper argues that government quality – operationalized as the ability of government to treat all their citizens in an impartial way – levels the ‘playing field' for economic agents with and without connections to politicians and administrators in government, therefore encouraging...
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Assessing the role of spatial externalities in the survival of Italian innovative startups
Giuliani, Diego; Toffoli, Daniele; Dickson, Maria Michela; … - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 1, pp. 1-13
and strength of agglomeration externalities depend on the firm's life cycle. In particular, an interesting stylized fact …
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Regional determinants of new business formation in China : prefecture-level evidence
Borowiecki, Martin; Leitner, Karl-Heinz - 2015 - Draft version
Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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The early development of new establishments : an evaluation of the role of spatial selection and agglomeration
Changoluisa, Javier - 2021
agglomeration. The analysis shows a clear and strong selection of more productive new establishments into larger regions, regardless … show higher productivity levels as compared to those located in smaller regions, the role of an agglomeration is very … first time period, but start-ups suffer negative agglomeration effects over time. …
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