Growth of entrepreneurial software firms in cities

Tsang, D. (2005) Growth of entrepreneurial software firms in cities. Technovation, 25 (11). pp. 1331-1336. ISSN 0166-4972 doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2004.03.011

Abstract/Summary

Despite the prediction of the demise of cities with the advance of new information and communication technologies in the New Economy, the software industry has emerged from cities in the USA, Europe and Asia in the past two decades. This article explores the reasons why cities are centers of software clusters, with reference to Boston, London and Dublin. It is suggested that cities' roles as centres of knowledge flows and creativity are the key determinants of their competitiveness in the knowledge-intensive software industry.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/38092
Item Type	Article
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Uncontrolled Keywords	Innovation; Knowledge spillovers; City competitiveness; Software industry
Publisher	Elsevier
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