Knowledge transfer and the location of new ICT firms

Daan van Soest, Shelby D. Gerking and Frank Oort

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2004, vol. 4, issue 1, 11-19

Abstract: This paper looks at the determinants of births of new establishments in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector among 416 4-digit zip code areas in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland (South-Holland). In particular, we examine the role of agglomeration economies and other locational attributes in determining where new firms will locate. Agglomeration economies facilitate knowledge transfer and are thus expected to be important determinants of entrepreneurial activity. We find that more industrially diverse zip code areas that are already relatively specialised in ICT attract more start-up establishments than other zip code areas. This result supports previous evidence that high-technology enterprises tend to collocate in areas where economic activity is spatially dense.

Keywords: ICT; firm location; knowledge spillovers; high-tech firms; start-ups; Netherlands. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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