ABSTRACT

Employing a panel setting of 88 counties in the State of Ohio over the five-year period ending in 2006, this study aims to investigate the applicability of the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship in explaining the relationships between flagship enterprises, entrepreneurial clusters, and business entry rates. The study confirms the overall positive relationship between flagship enterprises and startup rates, and the negative relationship between entrepreneurial clusters and startup rates. It further demonstrates that the effect of clusters is moderated by local unemployment rates so that higher rates of unemployment weaken the negative impact of entrepreneurial clusters on startup rates. Based on the evidence collected, policy makers should increase support for flagship enterprises in their regions, and would-be business owners should consider locating their ventures in proximity to flagship companies.

摘要

这项研究以截至2006年的五年内俄亥俄州的88个县为研究对象，旨在研究企业家知识扩散理论在解释旗舰企业，创业集群和企业进入之间的关系时的适用性。费率。这项研究证实了旗舰企业与启动率之间的总体正相关关系，以及企业家集群与启动率之间的负相关关系。它进一步表明，集群的影响受到当地失业率的影响，因此较高的失业率削弱了创业集群对创业率的负面影响。根据收集的证据，决策者应增加对本地区旗舰企业的支持，