Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship

Kevin Credit, Orsa Kekezi, Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida

Regional Studies, 2024, vol. 58, issue 12, 2225-2240

Abstract: Urban ‘third places’ foster informal interactions and face-to-face contact that is critical to the development of new innovations and start-up businesses. Our research utilises extensive microdata in combination with telephone interviews with over 200 start-up companies in Stockholm, Sweden. Our findings indicate that access to third places has a significant impact on the number of new high-tech start-ups (both by entrepreneur place of residence and work) in their vicinity. This suggests that third places play a demonstrable role in innovation and economic growth.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2297083

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