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Location choice of academic entrepreneurs : evidence from the US biotechnology industry

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Kolympiris, Christos, Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas and Miller, Douglas (2015) Location choice of academic entrepreneurs : evidence from the US biotechnology industry. Journal of Business Venturing, 30 (2). pp. 227-254. doi:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.02.002 ISSN 0883-9026.

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Abstract

Where knowledge-based firms are located is important because entrepreneurship, firm creation and innovation are typically associated with regional economic development, wealth creation and increased employment. In this paper we examine where academic entrepreneurs locate their firms. We begin by developing a theoretical model that examines the location choice of the academic entrepreneur within the standard utility maximization theory. Academic entrepreneurs are assumed to maximize their utility by allocating their efforts between academic and entrepreneurial pursuits which, in turn, determine their future streams of income and end-period wealth. Optimal allocation turns out to be a function of both personal and external factors that condition the relevant payoffs and such factors can be empirically observed. We then use several candidate explanatory variables to examine those factors that may influence the firm location choice for 187 biopharmaceutical firms started by 275 academic entrepreneurs in the US. From our empirical analysis we find that location-specific factors such as proximity to certain knowledge assets and to the funding venture capital firms, affect the firm location choice of academic entrepreneurs. Nevertheless, entrepreneur-specific characteristics, such as their age, seem to dominate the choice of firm location.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Biotechnology industries -- United States, Entrepreneurship -- United States, Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects -- United States
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Business Venturing
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0883-9026
Official Date: March 2015
Dates:
DateEvent
March 2015Published
Volume: 30
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 227-254
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.02.002
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 15 August 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 15 August 2018
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
#20050176Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000868

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