Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name:  Colombelli, Alessandra
Author-Email: alessandra.colombelli@polito.it
Author-Name: Quatraro, Francesco 
Author-Email: francesco.quatraro@unito.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Green startups and local knowledge bases: Newborn suppliers of energy-related technologies in Italian Provinces
Abstract: There is wide consensus about the importance of green technologies for achieving
superior economic and environmental performances. The literature on their determinants has
neglected the creation of green start-ups as a channel to bring about green technologies in the
market. Drawing upon the knowledge spillovers theory of entrepreneurship, we test the relevance of
local knowledge stocks, distinguishing between clean and dirty stocks, for the creation of green
start-ups. Moreover, the effects of the technological composition of local stocks is investigated, by
focusing on technological variety, both related and unrelated, as well as on coherence. Consistently
with recent literature, green start-ups are associated to higher levels of variety, pointing to the
relevance of diverse and heterogeneous knowledge sources, but in related and complementary
technological fields.
Length: 33 pages
Creation-Date: 2016-04
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2016dip/wp_6_2016.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:201604