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Venture Capital, High Technology and Regional Development∗

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Florida, Richard L., Kenney, Martin·1988·Regional Studies

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FLORIDA R. L. and Kenney M. (1988) Venture capital, high technology and regional development, Reg. Studies 22, 33–48. This paper explores the role of venture capital in technological innovation and regional development. Both aggregate data and a unique firm level data base are employed to determine the location of major centres of venture capital, flows of venture capital investments, and patterns of investment syndication or coinvestment among venture capital firms. Three major centres of venture capital are identified: California (San Francisco–Silicon Valley); New York; and New England (Massachusetts–Connecticut): as well as three minor venture capital centres: Illinois (Chicago); Texas; and Minnesota. Venture capital firms are found to cluster in areas with high concentrations of financial institutions and those with high concentrations of technology-intensive enterprises. Venture capital firms which are based in financial centres are typically export-oriented, while those in technology centres tend to invest in their own region and attract outside venture capital. Venture capital investments flow predominantly toward established high technology areas such as Silicon Valley and Boston–Route 128, and venture investing is also characterized by high degrees of intra-and inter-regional syndication or coinvestment. The venture capital industry displays a high level of agglomeration due to the information intensive nature of the investment process and the importance of venture capital networks in locating investments, mobilizing resources, and establishing business start-ups. The existence of well developed venture capital networks in technology-based regions significantly accelerates the pace of technological innovation and economic development in those regions. FLORIDA R. L. and Kenney M. (1988) Capital risque, haute technologie et développement régional, Reg. Studies 22, 33–48. Ce papier examine le rôle du capital risque dans l'innovation technologique et le développement régional. A partir des données globales et d'une banque de données unique au niveau de l'entreprise on détermine la localisation des pôles clés de capital risque, les flux d'investissements sous forme de capital risque, et la distribution des investissements en syndicats ou en participation par les sociétés de capital risque. On identifie trois pôles importants, à savoir la Californie (San Francisco–Silicon Valley), New York et New England (Massachusetts–Connecticut), aussi bien que trois pôles d'une moindre importance, Illinois (Chicago), Texas et Minnesota. II s'avère que les sociétés de capital risque ont tendance à se greffer autour des zones caractérisées par une concentration non-négligeable soit d'organismes financiers, soit d'entreprises à vocation technologique. Les societés de capital-risque qui se sont installées dans les centres financiers sont vouées à l'exportation tandis que celles qui se sont installées dans les centres technologiques ont tendance à investir dans leur propre région et à attirer du capital en provenance de l'extérieur. Les flux d'investissement sous forme de capital risque sont destinés dans une large mesure aux zones technologiques bien établies telles Silicon Valley et la RN 128 de Boston, ou bien se caracterisent par un niveau élevé d'investissement en syndicats ou en participation à l'interieur d'une région ou inter-régional. La haute concentration de l'industrie du capital risque s'explique par la quantité d'information nécesaire au processus d'investissement et par l'importance des réseaux de capital risque dans la recherche des investissements éventuels, la mobilisation des ressources et la création d'entreprises. Le fait qu'il existe des réseaux développés dans les zones à base technologique accélère la vitesse de l'innovation technologique et du développement économique dans de telles régions. FLORIDA R. L. and Kenney M. (1988) Risikokapital, Hochtechnologie und regionale Entwicklung, Reg Studies 22, 33–48. Dieser Aufsatz untersucht die Rolle des Risikokapitals in technologischer Innovation und Regionalentwicklung. Es werden sowohl Gesamtdaten als auch Einzelangaben auf Firmenebene benutzt, um festzustellen, wo sich die Hauptzentren des Risikokapitals befinden, und den Zufluss von Risikokapitalsinvestierungen sowie Verhaltensweisen der Investierungssyndikation oder Koinvestierung unter Risikokapitalfirmen zu bestimmen; dabei werden neben drei kleineren Risikokapitalszentren–Illinois (Chikago), Texas und Minnesota–drei Hauptzentren identifiziert: Kalifornien (San Francisco–Silicon Valley), New York und New England (Massachusetts–Connecticut). Es zeigt sich, dass Risikokapitalsfirmen sich in Gebieten ballen, die entweder eine hohe Konzentration finanzieller Institutionen oder hohe Konzentration technologisch intensiver Unternehmen aufweisen. Riskokapitalsfirmen, die in Finanzzentren angesiedelt sind, sind vorwiegend exportorientiert, während solche in Technologiezentren meist in ihrer eigenen Umgebun

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Authors
Florida, R. L., & Kenney, M.
Venue
Regional Studies
Published
1988-02
Volume
22
Issue
1
Pages
33-48
ISSN
  • 0034-3404 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-0591
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364
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