Weak vs strong knowledge spillover effects. Evidence from geographic distribution of innovative startup in Italy

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationLoyola University of New Orleansen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAccelerated Breedingen_US
cg.coverage.countryItalyen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ITen_US
cg.coverage.regionEuropeen_US
cg.creator.identifierGustavo Barboza: 0000-0001-5327-3430en_US
cg.creator.identifierValerien Pede: 0000-0002-0178-6602en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.52324/001c.123323en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0048-49Xen_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalReview of Regional Studiesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaGenetic Innovationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.volume54en_US
dc.contributor.authorBarboza, Gustavoen_US
dc.contributor.authorPede, Valerienen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-31T19:12:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-12-31T19:12:24Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168446en_US
dc.titleWeak vs strong knowledge spillover effects. Evidence from geographic distribution of innovative startup in Italyen_US
dcterms.abstractThis paper introduces the concepts of weak and strong knowledge spillover effects within the context of the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship. In this context, the fundamental idea of our proposition is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the factors and conditions promoting and supporting entrepreneurship development at the regional and provincial level using a unique unbalanced panel database, consisting of 9242 Italian Innovative startups for the period 2008-2018. In general terms, we argue that the evidence from our unbalanced panel dataset indicates that these dynamics are as follows. First, spillover effects deriving from competition are initially strong at the province level, and later decay to weak spillover effects at the regional level. Second, in terms of specialization (intra-industry) spillover effects, they are initially strong at the provincial level, and later become weak at the regional level. Third, spillover effects deriving from diversity (inter-industry) are predominantly strong at the regional level, yet weak at the provincial level of aggregation. At the provincial level, higher levels of competition result in strong knowledge spillover effects leading to higher new firm formation, with weak knowledge spillover effects deriving from specialization. Furthermore, in line with the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship, the existence of non-homogeneous distribution of opportunities and related knowledge spillover effects create heterogeneity of patterns of new firm formation across different units of geographic aggregation. These results provide evidence of constraint potential for growth that remains a puzzle and challenge for academics and policymakers.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audiencePolicy Makersen_US
dcterms.audienceDevelopment Practitionersen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.available2024-09-01en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBarboza, Gustavo, and Valerien Pede. "Weak vs strong knowledge spillover effects. Evidence from geographic distribution of innovative startup in Italy." Review of Regional Studies 54, no. 2 (2024): 163-191. https://doi.org/10.52324/001c.123323en_US
dcterms.extentp. 163-191en_US
dcterms.issued2024-08-31en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSouthern Regional Science Associationen_US
dcterms.subjectentrepreneurshipen_US
dcterms.subjectinnovation scalingen_US
dcterms.subjectknowledge managementen_US
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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