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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2019
Publication Title
Journal Regional Studies, Regional Science
Volume
6
Issue
1
Abstract
This study examines the spatial association between science- and technology-related entrepreneurship and neighbourhood walkability in eastern Nebraska, often referred to as the northern ‘Silicon Prairie’. Tech start-up firms are expected to gravitate toward more walkable or pedestrian-oriented urban locations to benefit from heightened social interaction, knowledge spillovers and a more vibrant, creative atmosphere. Data on start-up firms collected from the online database Crunchbase.com and a walkability index provided by the popular online service Walk Score® were used to evaluate the walkability–tech entrepreneurship nexus. The spatial relationship between walkability and firm location may have important implications for metropolitan areas seeking to incubate new firms and industries in situ, and potentially become leaders in new, innovative industries.
Recommended Citation
Bereitschaft, Bradley, "Are walkable places tech incubators? Evidence from Nebraska’s ‘Silicon Prairie’" (2019). Geography and Geology Faculty Publications. 70.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/geoggeolfacpub/70
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Funded by the University of Nebraska at Omaha Open Access Fund
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© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.