The Impact of Entrepreneurship Hubs on Urban Venture Capital Investment
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| Academic Paper | |
|---|---|
| Title | Hubs (Academic Paper) |
| Author | Ed Egan, Yael Hochberg |
| RAs | Ariel Sun |
| Status | In development |
| © edegan.com, 2016 | |
Hubs Pages
- This page Hubs (Academic Paper) is the main page for the Hubs project!
- The old work done by Rachael is on the Hubs page
- There is also Old Completed Work on Hubs
- For a high-level overview of the variables for the scorecard go to Hubs Scorecard (Academic Paper). This summarizes:
- Current work in progress for building the Hubs scorecard: Hubs: Hubs Scorecard
- Tracking of work in progress for the scorecard Hubs: Hubs Data Building
Abstract
The Hubs Research Project is a full-length academic paper analyzing the effectiveness of "hubs", a component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, in the advancement and growth of entrepreneurial success in a metropolitan area.
This research will primarily be focused on large and mid-sized Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), as that is where the greater majority of Venture Capital funding is located.
A general overview of entrepreneurial ecosystems can be found here: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.
Current Work
General Overview
Currently there are 3 major tasks being performed (list to be updated):
- Creation of VC data table: UPDATE: Complete (see completed work section below)
- Creation of Hubs Dataset: UPDATE: See current work in progress for updates We will collect key variables for potential Hubs.
- Hazard Rate Model: UPDATE: (7/11) Spoke to Xun Tang, econometrics professor in Rice's Economics Department, and now looking for appropriate proportional rate hazard models with time varying covariates. In order to perform our diff-diff model, we need to match MSAs. In order to do so, we will be using a hazard rate model to produce a probability that a MSA gets a Hub and compare MSAs that do and don't have hubs with similar probabilities.
Resources
Additional Resources
- Yael Hochberg and Fehder (2015), located in dropbox
- Use this paper as a guideline on how to conduct the analysis
- US Census Bureau data on employment by MSA: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_14_5YR_B23027&prodType=table
- USPTO utility patents by MSA: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cls_cbsa/allcbsa_gd.htm
- MSA level trends: http://www.metrotrends.org/data.cf
