Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2008
Abstract
This study was designed to investigate what potential factors affect high-technology entrepreneurial activity (HTEA) on a regional basis. The fifty largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the United States in 2005 were examined. The total population covered by these MSAs was 156.1 million of a total United States population of 288.4 million or 54 percent of the entire country. The study is operationalized as a multivariate regression where the dependent variable of HTEA is measured as the per capita amount of high-tech jobs in the region. There are four major independent variables analyzed in the study: financial capital, human capital, intellectual capital, and quality of life. This research implies that, on a regional basis, per capita venture capital, the percentage of the civilian employed population sixteen years and older in management positions, and the quality of life (QOL) scores have a predictive value on HTEA.
Keywords
entrepreneurship--case studies
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Bambrough, Randall I., "High Tech Entrepreneurial Activity: What Really Matters?" (2008). Student Scholarship. 233.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/233
