Abstract We blend the economics of diversity and evolutionary economic geography theories and study the relationship between the cultural diversity of foreign-born entrepreneurs and regional sectoral diversification, proxied by the sectoral variety of newborn firms. We focus on Italian evidence and use a unique data set that stems from a combination of different sources of information, including the Union of the Chambers of Commerce, the OECD, and the National Institute of Statistics. The results confirm that cultural diversity of entrepreneurs is associated with greater sectoral variety of newborn firms, with an imbalance in favor of variety in unrelated activities vis-à-vis related ones.

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新生企业和区域多元化模式：文化多元化的作用

摘要 我们将多样性经济学和演化经济地理学理论相结合，以新生企业的部门多样性为代表，研究了外国企业家的文化多样性与区域部门多样化之间的关系。我们专注于意大利证据，并使用源自不同信息来源组合的独特数据集，包括商会联盟、经合组织和国家统计局。结果证实，企业家的文化多样性与新生企业的更大部门多样性相关，不相关活动与相关活动的多样性有利于不平衡。