Agglomeration dynamics of innovative start-ups in Italy beyond the industrial district era

Angelo Cavallo (), Antonio Ghezzi (), Alessandra Colombelli and Gian Luca Casali ()
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Angelo Cavallo: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Antonio Ghezzi: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Gian Luca Casali: Queensland University of Technology, School of Management, Brisbane

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2020, vol. 16, issue 1, No 11, 239-262

Abstract: Abstract Building on the literature on agglomeration economies, this study examines how urbanization, industry-diversification, district economics and incubating initiatives are associated to the creation of innovative start-ups in Italy. The empirical analysis is based on a sample of 6018 innovative start-ups distributed across 104 Italian NUTS 3 regions. Our findings show that incubating initiative and industrial districts play a major role for new venture creation and provide support to the positive role of urbanization economies and industry specialization over diversification. Finally, we discuss future research directions grounded on the empirical evidence provided by our study.

Keywords: New venture creation; Agglomeration economies; Innovative start-ups; Industrial districts; Incubators; Industry-diversification (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M13 O33 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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