Entrepreneurship in a Hub-and-Spoke Industrial District: Firm Survey Evidence from Seattle's Technology Industry

被引：20

作者：

Mayer, Heike ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Univ Bern, Inst Geog, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

[2] Univ Bern, Ctr Reg Econ Dev, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland

来源：

REGIONAL STUDIES | 2013年 / 47卷 / 10期

关键词：

Hub-and-spoke industrial district; Entrepreneurship; Spinoffs; Agglomeration economies; UNITED-STATES; GROWTH; EVOLUTION; VARIETY; VENTURE; REGIONS; ENTRY;

D O I：

10.1080/00343404.2013.806792

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Mayer H. Entrepreneurship in a hub-and-spoke industrial district: firm survey evidence from Seattle's technology industry, Regional Studies. The paper investigates entrepreneurial dynamics in a hub-and-spoke industrial district. Using data on the genealogy of high-technology firms in Seattle, Washington State, the study examines the ways in which entrepreneurial firms relate to their parent firms and the role of agglomeration economies. The results illustrate that entrepreneurship is an important vehicle for the diversification of such a district. When compared, hub-related spinoffs such as those founded by former Microsoft employees do not differ much from other start-ups. The differences between Microsoft spinoffs and start-ups are very limited; both diversify the regional economy by entering new markets when compared with their parents.

引用

页码：1715 / 1733

页数：19

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