Title
What Determines The Success Of States In Attracting Sbir Awards?
Keywords
Agglomeration; Fixed effects analysis; SBIR awards; State economic development programs
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.
Publication Date
1-1-2004
Publication Title
Economic Development Quarterly
Volume
18
Issue
1
Number of Pages
81-90
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242403258154
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
1242299670 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1242299670
STARS Citation
van der Vlist, Arno; Gerking, Shelby; and Folmer, Henk, "What Determines The Success Of States In Attracting Sbir Awards?" (2004). Scopus Export 2000s. 5644.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/5644