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Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship

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  • Kevin Credit
  • Orsa Kekezi
  • Charlotta Mellander
  • Richard Florida

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Urban ‘third places’ foster informal interactions and face-to-face contact that is critical to the development of new innovations and start-up businesses. Our research utilises extensive microdata in combination with telephone interviews with over 200 start-up companies in Stockholm, Sweden. Our findings indicate that access to third places has a significant impact on the number of new high-tech start-ups (both by entrepreneur place of residence and work) in their vicinity. This suggests that third places play a demonstrable role in innovation and economic growth.

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  • Kevin Credit & Orsa Kekezi & Charlotta Mellander & Richard Florida, 2024. "Third places, the connective fibre of cities and high-tech entrepreneurship," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(12), pages 2225-2240, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:58:y:2024:i:12:p:2225-2240
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2297083
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