Title: Drivers of entrepreneurial location as an innovative act

Authors: Peter Nijkamp, Jos Van Ommeren

Addresses: The Free University, Department of Regional Economics, Room 4A, 31, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ' The Free University, Department of Regional Economics, Room 4A, 31, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract: This paper regards locational choice as an entrepreneurial act and seeks to identify the drivers of locational choice of SME firms. Based on a recent database on Dutch entrepreneurs, factor-analytic methods are deployed to trace three clusters of driving forces.

Keywords: entrepreneurial location; entrepreneurship; innovation; locational choice; SMEs; small and medium sized enterprises; Dutch entrepreneurs; The Netherlands; industrial location.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2006.009878

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2006 Vol.6 No.3, pp.256 - 264

Published online: 21 May 2006 *

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