Are the problem spaces of economic actors increasingly virtual? What geo-located web activity might tell us about economic dynamism.

ABSTRACT: The principal questions this research will address are: 1) whether a higher propensity to visit websites of interest to actual or nascent entrepreneurs is associated with higher rates of new firms births in an area; 2) whether a higher propensity to visit websites of interest to those working on design problems is associated with the quality of business in terms of orientations toward design or innovation; and 3) whether a higher propensity to visit websites of interest to those pursuing arts as an avocation is associated with an increased ability to find nonobvious solutions that might be manifest in business quality. The unique data that allow examining these questions were compiled from billions of web hits by geo-located devices. These data are combined with both detailed establishment

SUBMITTER: Wojan TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498009 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature