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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
van Oort, Frank G.; Stam, Erik - 2005
Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261507
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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
Stam, Erik; Oort, Frank G. van - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252219
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Why Butterflies Don't Leave. Locational behaviour of entrepreneurial firms
Stam, Erik - 2006
mechanisms and recognizing human agency provides new insights into the age-old study of firm location. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263567
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Why Butterflies Don’t Leave. Locational behaviour of entrepreneurial firms
Stam, Erik - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2006
mechanisms and recognizing human agency provides new insights into the age-old study of firm location. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005765245
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization: Empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287259
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Do University Based Regions Really Attract Outside Entrepreneurs - the Case of the German Biotechnology Industry
Heneric, Oliver; Engel, Dirk - 2014
The paper tests empirically the role of knowledge stocks to explain the regional distribution of Germany's biotechnology founders. We present an unique approach to highlight the role of knowledge spillovers as we differentiate according the local embeddedness and research affinity of founders....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014062700
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Knowledge, Location, and Internationalization: Empirical Evidence for Manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010559811
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External Benefits of Geographical Concentration of Firms with Trade Networks
Kono, Tatsuhito - 2019
When making a location decision, a firm considers only its own trading costs and ignores trading costs paid by trading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012897818
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AND LOCATION DECISIONMAKING OF FIRMS IN LOCATION-TRIANGLE APPROACH
Nakamura, Daisuke - In: Regional Science Inquiry 2 (2010) 2, pp. 47-54
The location-triangle framework, which was originally established by Alfred Weber, has been expanded in various ways … and generalized as the Weber-Moses location-triangle model. However, several essential elements, in particular, regarding … agglomeration economies have been excluded from the model framework. This may cause a potential difficulty to connect location …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010658750
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AND LOCATION DECISIONMAKING OF FIRMS IN LOCATION-TRIANGLE APPROACH
Nakamura, Daisuke - In: Regional Science Inquiry II (2010) 2, pp. 47-54
The location-triangle framework, which was originally established by Alfred Weber, has been expanded in various ways … and generalized as the Weber-Moses location-triangle model. However, several essential elements, in particular, regarding … agglomeration economies have been excluded from the model framework. This may cause a potential difficulty to connect location …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659284