Start-up Complexity and the Thickness of Regional Input Markets

Authors

• Dohse
• D.
• Vaona
• A.

Publication Date

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2014.07.004

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Key Words

Start-ups in different industry groups are classified according to their average complexity. We find that thick regional input markets are conducive to start-up activity in general and complex start-ups in particular, but that some inputs are more important than others.

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