Title
What determines the success of states in attracting SBIR awards?
Abbreviated Journal Title
Econ. Dev. Q.
Keywords
SBIR awards; agglomeration; state economic development programs; fixed; effects analysis; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVERS; GOVERNMENT; INNOVATION; PROGRAM; IMPACT; Economics; Planning & Development; Urban Studies
Abstract
This article analyzes the interstate distribution of per capita awards made through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program operated by the U.S. government from 1983 to 1993. The main finding is that after adjusting for population size, awards tend to be made to firms in centers of innovative activity, where knowledge is most easily created and spillovers between economic agents can occur most readily. State programs to assist prospective applicants for SBIR funding, on the other hand, appear to have had little effect in overcoming this seemingly powerful factor Thus, the percentage distribution of per capita awards by state has remained roughly constant since the inception of the program.
Journal Title
Economic Development Quarterly
Volume
18
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
81
Last Page
90
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0891-2424
Recommended Citation
"What determines the success of states in attracting SBIR awards?" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4850.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4850
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