Higher education institutions and innovative entrepreneurship: a regional analysis

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Název: Higher education institutions and innovative entrepreneurship: a regional analysis
Autoři: Piero Esposito, Francesco Ferrante, Sergio Scicchitano
Zdroj: Regional Studies. 59
Informace o vydavateli: Informa UK Limited, 2025.
Rok vydání: 2025
Témata: entrepreneurship, higher education, innovation, knowledge spillovers, start-ups
Popis: This article investigates the relationship between the supply of graduates and innovative entrepreneurship in Italian provinces between 2014 and 2022. We estimate panel data models using a novel dataset, controlling for the different ways higher education institutions (HEIs) might affect start-up creation. The results suggest that graduates contribute significantly to innovative entrepreneurship, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. We find that STEM graduates might be particularly effective in provinces characterised by a low share of tertiary-educated population. As a main policy indication, we suggest that HEIs can play a pivotal role in combatting low development traps by improving the quality of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Druh dokumentu: Article
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Popis souboru: application/pdf
Jazyk: English
ISSN: 1360-0591
0034-3404
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2542347
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30051591.v1
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30051591
Přístupová URL adresa: https://hdl.handle.net/11580/117483
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2542347
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2025.2542347
Rights: CC BY
Přístupové číslo: edsair.doi.dedup.....18bde904061e57a49047aeb765d96cf8
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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Abstrakt:This article investigates the relationship between the supply of graduates and innovative entrepreneurship in Italian provinces between 2014 and 2022. We estimate panel data models using a novel dataset, controlling for the different ways higher education institutions (HEIs) might affect start-up creation. The results suggest that graduates contribute significantly to innovative entrepreneurship, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. We find that STEM graduates might be particularly effective in provinces characterised by a low share of tertiary-educated population. As a main policy indication, we suggest that HEIs can play a pivotal role in combatting low development traps by improving the quality of entrepreneurial ecosystems.
ISSN:13600591
00343404
DOI:10.1080/00343404.2025.2542347