Entrepreneurship at Regional Level: Temporary and Neighborhood Effects

Lado-Sestayo Rubén (), Isabel Neira () and Chasco-Yrigoyen Coro ()
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Lado-Sestayo Rubén: University of A Coruña, Business Department, Faculty of Economics & BusinessA Coruña, Spain
Chasco-Yrigoyen Coro: Autonomous University of Madrid, Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics & Business StudiesMadrid, Spain
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Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2017, vol. 7, issue 4, 12

Abstract: This paper analyzes the spatial nature of entrepreneurship at NUTSIII. Lately, academic studies are including the relation between incipient entrepreneurs and geography. In some cases, this relation is considered as unidirectional insofar as the decision to become an entrepreneur can be highly influenced by geographical location. Beyond the cultural and social boundaries that affect the entrepreneur as an individual, there are spatial characteristics that provide advantages of location for some industries. While several studies highlight the role of location and geography as aspects that have an impact on entrepreneurial activity, the externalities generated by such aspects are not considered in empirical work. The aim of this paper is to check how avoiding considering location can have an effect on the results of entrepreneurship research. Our results point that both location and temporary effects have a significant impact on entrepreneurship research results. Thus, it is important to use a temporary and spatial methodological approach in entrepreneurship research to avoid bias.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; spatial sur model; geography of entrepreneurship; spatio-temporal effects; regional development; location bias (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 L26 M13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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