Regional determinants of ICT new firm formation

Frank Lasch (), Frank Robert () and Frédéric Roy ()

Small Business Economics, 2013, vol. 40, issue 3, 686 pages

Abstract: The role of regional determinants in new entrepreneurs’ location decisions is analyzed in the French information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. As we focus on the emergence of this industry, our dataset includes every new ICT firm in France in the period 1993–2001. We find evidence for the positive effect of co-location with incumbent ICT firms and some effect of knowledge spillovers. The effects of agglomeration, entrepreneurial capital and human capital are mixed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2013

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; New firm formation; SME; ICT sector; Regional factors; Local environment; Geographical proximity; France; L26; L63; L86; M13; O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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