Regional Path Breaking: The Role of Industry Switching, Industry Diversity, and New Knowledge in New Venture Exit

Lawrence A. Plummer, Simon C. Parker and Silvia C. Reyes

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2022, vol. 46, issue 5, 1231-1255

Abstract: Regions with spatial concentrations of businesses create conditions that spawn new firms, but also undercut new venture survival. Localized competition puts pressure on new firms to exit. Adding to this pressure to exit is regional path dependence, which limits the ability of firms to respond strategically to hostile local conditions. We investigate the extent to which the pressure to exit created by localized competition is moderated by three “path breaking†factors—new knowledge, industry diversity, and industry switching. We test and find broad support for our hypotheses using data from 355 metropolitan statistical areas in the United States spanning 2002 to 2010.

Keywords: regional entrepreneurship; exit rates; industry switching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/1042258720952288

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