Location Determining Factors of Rural and Urban Knowledge Intensive Business Services: Empirical Evidence

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2011

Authors

Fernandes, C (Author) Other; Ferreira, J (Author) Other; Marques, C (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 6TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP, VOL 1 AND 2

Pages: 256-268

6th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE)

Robert Gordon Univ, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND, SEP 15-16, 2011

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Authenticus ID: P-002-VXV

Abstract (EN): Entrepreneurial activities in the knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) sector have attracted growing levels of research interest, due to the added value that they endow on the economy. The research aims to analyse the entrepreneurial dimension to KIBS through the identification of those factors determining the choice of location between rural and urban areas and also to identify the regional factors driving and inhibiting this choice of location. The findings reveal economic conditions and local infrastructures, access to technologically superior knowledge, and local characteristics as main factors determining the choice of KIBS location. This paper adds to the understanding towards advancing academic studies on the location and KIBS entrepreneurship ongoing in rural areas as well as the framework for entrepreneurial support policies targeting such areas.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13