Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities
We investigate the regional emergence of new information technology start-ups in Germany. The largest share of these start-ups is located in cities or densely populated regions that are well equipped with institutions of higher education and research. The empirical analysis clearly indicates the cr...
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We investigate the regional emergence of new information technology start-ups in Germany. The largest share of these start-ups is located in cities or densely populated regions that are well equipped with institutions of higher education and research. The empirical analysis clearly indicates the critical role of industry-specific knowledge plays for new. Hence, strengthening the regional knowledge base should be a key policy that aims at stimulating entrepreneurship in this sector.
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| spelling | doaj-art-585e0fac8a1849adb72b2cf5c36a74da2025-08-20T02:35:41ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972019-06-0113210.17323/2500-2597.2019.2.62.71Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and OpportunitiesMichael Fritsch0Michael Wyrwich1Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3, 07743 Jena, GermanyFriedrich Schiller University Jena, Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 3, 07743 Jena, Germany; Groningen University, Nettelbosje 2, 9747 AE Groningen, Netherlands We investigate the regional emergence of new information technology start-ups in Germany. The largest share of these start-ups is located in cities or densely populated regions that are well equipped with institutions of higher education and research. The empirical analysis clearly indicates the critical role of industry-specific knowledge plays for new. Hence, strengthening the regional knowledge base should be a key policy that aims at stimulating entrepreneurship in this sector. https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19270information technologiesuniversitiesinnovative start-upsregional knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Michael Fritsch Michael Wyrwich Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities Foresight and STI Governance information technologies universities innovative start-ups regional knowledge |
| title | Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities |
| title_full | Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities |
| title_short | Regional Emergence of Start-Ups in Information Technologies: The Role of Knowledge, Skills and Opportunities |
| title_sort | regional emergence of start ups in information technologies the role of knowledge skills and opportunities |
| topic | information technologies universities innovative start-ups regional knowledge |
| url | https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19270 |
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