Location decisions of knowledge-based entrepreneurs Why some Catalan KISAs choose to be rural?

被引:49
作者
Lafuente, Esteban [1 ,2 ]
Vaillant, Yancy [1 ]
Serarols, Christian
机构
[1] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Business Econ, Grp Recerca Desenvolupament Rural DRUAB, E-08193 Barcelona, Spain
[2] CEBR, Bucharest, Romania
关键词
Entrepreneurship; New knowledge intensive service activity firms (KISA); Location decision; Rural policy; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; ROLE-MODELS; EMPIRICAL-EVIDENCE; SMALL FIRMS; INNOVATION; TAXONOMY; AGGLOMERATION; CLUSTERS; LABOR; SIZE;
D O I
10.1016/j.technovation.2010.07.004
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
Entrepreneurship has currently become an important element of economic development and innovation policy In this context the promotion of knowledge-based firms has become the norm even in rural areas Thus the study presented in this paper analyses the variables that influence the choice of location made by rural and urban knowledge intensive service activity firms (KISA hereafter) The results of the quantitative study allows for important policy making recommendations but also offers significant contributions for entrepreneurship and regional development researchers as well as practical insights for entrepreneurs (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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页码:590 / 600
页数:11
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