 The spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in the regions of England, 2000-2004William Gleave and Jay Mitra International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2010, vol. 9, issue 2, 143-161 Abstract: This paper examines the regional determinants of business start-up activity in the UK from 2000 to 2004. Spatial and sectoral variations in Value Added Tax (VAT) registration rates at the local authority district level are identified (with a specific focus on advanced services and manufacturing activities) and regressed against key variables relating to education, skills, income and local industrial structure. The study is unique in that it considers how the determinants of new venture creation vary between NUTS 1 UK regions – an approach that requires the simultaneous consideration of entrepreneurial activity at both the intra- and interregional scale. The main purpose of this multivariate approach is to construct a detailed picture of the structural components of new firm formation within different regions and, crucially, to draw out and elucidate the main implications of the empirical findings for effective strategic regional policy making. Keywords: regional determinants; business start-ups; human capital; multiple linear regression; entrepreneurship; UK; United Kingdom; England; new venture creation; new ventures; strategic policy making; regional policy making; entrepreneurial activity; English regions. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:9:y:2010:i:2:p:143-161 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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