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The role of personal factors in the location decision of software services start-up firms

Curran, Declan orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-0788-1210, Lynn, Theo orcid logoORCID: 0000-0001-9284-7580 and O'Gorman, Colm orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-4732-7433 (2015) The role of personal factors in the location decision of software services start-up firms. European Planning Studies, 24 (3). pp. 551-567. ISSN 0965-4313

Abstract
This paper explores the factors which influence the business location decisions of start-ups, focusing in particular on the role of personal factors. Established explanations of industry location emphasise proximity to firms in the same or related industries and proximity to a wider set of business services, though recent research suggests that personal factors may play an important role in explanations of industry location - particularly in technology enabled sectors. A survey of 97 new firms, founded between 2008 and 2012, in the Irish software services sector, shows that the business location decision is influenced by the personal motivation of entrepreneurs to attain a desired quality of life, and that this outweighs economic factors such as proximity to firms within the same or related industries, proximity to a broader set of supporting business services, infrastructure or the availability of government support schemes. Personal factors are particularly important to firms located outside the Dublin metropolitan area and to home-based businesses. This has important policy implications for national and regional governments seeking to encourage entrepreneurship in technology-enabled service sectors.
Metadata
Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Personal factors; Software Services; Start-up firms
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:Research Initiatives and Centres > Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4)
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2015.1046369
Copyright Information:© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in European Planning Studies 24(3)
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:20995
Deposited On:26 Jan 2016 14:37 by Margaret Galuszynska . Last Modified 07 Sep 2021 09:31
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