The Italian economic context has witnessed, together with the other EU member states, a relevant ... more The Italian economic context has witnessed, together with the other EU member states, a relevant growth of the attention towards innovative start-up companies. In the last 15 years there has been an increase in the number of centres for the development and support of innovative start-ups. Such centres (incubators, accelerators, info points, development agencies), created by governmental institutions, private entities and universities, have helped increase the number of start-up companies in Italy and to accelerate and modernise the approach towards the theme of innovation and technology transfer from the research to the market. This paper analyses the data contained in the national companies' register, in particular the section created by Law n. 221/2012, dedicated to innovative start-up companies, in order to find and evaluate the connections between the number and the nature of the innovative businesses established in the past few years, their place of birth, the presence of support structures in their regions of residence and the presence of other variables such as education level, IPR, R&D investments.
The European policies on innovation and research of the past 15 years have focused their
funding ... more The European policies on innovation and research of the past 15 years have focused their funding efforts in favor of the creation of the so-called knowledge-based economy.The local/regional response to such policies however are sometimes irregular and inconsistent, partly because of the inhomogeneous distribution of subjects capable to acknowledge and effectively adopt such innovative directions.This delay in the harmonization of the strategic goals of Universities, SMEs, Investors and Public Bodies has been tackled partly thanks to dedicated governance projects, mostly funded by the EU, and through other initiatives, such as the Innovation Prizes aimed at the selection and tutoring of innovative business ideas. The competition applicant’s data make for a very interesting data base in order to analyze the trends of the innovation market. With the aim to understand which sectors have attracted the larger share of interest in term of studies and testing aimed at the creation of business in Italy in the past 12 years, this paper analyzes the innovative proposals submitted both to the regional selections and the ones selected for the National finals. Regarding the regional contest, the region of Sardinia has been chosen as a test region. The analysis has been carried out in several directions: an historic perspective, a sectorial overview and a geographic analysis.
Policies aimed to foster the creation of start-up or spin-off companies have been designed and im... more Policies aimed to foster the creation of start-up or spin-off companies have been designed and implemented on both EU and national levels. Those efforts have surely increased the number of new technology-oriented companies in the whole continent. This paper aims at describing the distribution of registered start-ups in Italy both geographically and by sector of activity. Data was drawn from the National Registry of Innovative start-ups, a list created by the Italian Govt. in 2012, which contains information on several characteristics of the start-up population of the country. The activity code (ATECO 2007 code) is a numerical string associated to each type of economic activity. By analysing the activity code distribution across the country, we were able to determine a profile of each region based on the type and business of the established start-up companies. Similar regional profiles have been grouped in order to compare the reality with the smart specialisation strategies adopted by the region. Results show that certain external factors such as the presence of incubators, specific funding programmes and, most importantly, a dynamic and close relationship between universities and the business community have a strong influence on the start-up companies establishment and development.
The Italian economic context has witnessed, together with the other EU member states, a relevant ... more The Italian economic context has witnessed, together with the other EU member states, a relevant growth of the attention towards innovative start-up companies. In the last 15 years there has been an increase in the number of centres for the development and support of innovative start-ups. Such centres (incubators, accelerators, info points, development agencies), created by governmental institutions, private entities and universities, have helped increase the number of start-up companies in Italy and to accelerate and modernise the approach towards the theme of innovation and technology transfer from the research to the market. This paper analyses the data contained in the national companies' register, in particular the section created by Law n. 221/2012, dedicated to innovative start-up companies, in order to find and evaluate the connections between the number and the nature of the innovative businesses established in the past few years, their place of birth, the presence of support structures in their regions of residence and the presence of other variables such as education level, IPR, R&D investments.
The European policies on innovation and research of the past 15 years have focused their
funding ... more The European policies on innovation and research of the past 15 years have focused their funding efforts in favor of the creation of the so-called knowledge-based economy.The local/regional response to such policies however are sometimes irregular and inconsistent, partly because of the inhomogeneous distribution of subjects capable to acknowledge and effectively adopt such innovative directions.This delay in the harmonization of the strategic goals of Universities, SMEs, Investors and Public Bodies has been tackled partly thanks to dedicated governance projects, mostly funded by the EU, and through other initiatives, such as the Innovation Prizes aimed at the selection and tutoring of innovative business ideas. The competition applicant’s data make for a very interesting data base in order to analyze the trends of the innovation market. With the aim to understand which sectors have attracted the larger share of interest in term of studies and testing aimed at the creation of business in Italy in the past 12 years, this paper analyzes the innovative proposals submitted both to the regional selections and the ones selected for the National finals. Regarding the regional contest, the region of Sardinia has been chosen as a test region. The analysis has been carried out in several directions: an historic perspective, a sectorial overview and a geographic analysis.
Policies aimed to foster the creation of start-up or spin-off companies have been designed and im... more Policies aimed to foster the creation of start-up or spin-off companies have been designed and implemented on both EU and national levels. Those efforts have surely increased the number of new technology-oriented companies in the whole continent. This paper aims at describing the distribution of registered start-ups in Italy both geographically and by sector of activity. Data was drawn from the National Registry of Innovative start-ups, a list created by the Italian Govt. in 2012, which contains information on several characteristics of the start-up population of the country. The activity code (ATECO 2007 code) is a numerical string associated to each type of economic activity. By analysing the activity code distribution across the country, we were able to determine a profile of each region based on the type and business of the established start-up companies. Similar regional profiles have been grouped in order to compare the reality with the smart specialisation strategies adopted by the region. Results show that certain external factors such as the presence of incubators, specific funding programmes and, most importantly, a dynamic and close relationship between universities and the business community have a strong influence on the start-up companies establishment and development.
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funding efforts in favor of the creation of the so-called knowledge-based economy.The
local/regional response to such policies however are sometimes irregular and inconsistent,
partly because of the inhomogeneous distribution of subjects capable to acknowledge and
effectively adopt such innovative directions.This delay in the harmonization of the strategic
goals of Universities, SMEs, Investors and Public Bodies has been tackled partly thanks to
dedicated governance projects, mostly funded by the EU, and through other initiatives,
such as the Innovation Prizes aimed at the selection and tutoring of innovative business
ideas. The competition applicant’s data make for a very interesting data base in order to
analyze the trends of the innovation market. With the aim to understand which sectors have
attracted the larger share of interest in term of studies and testing aimed at the creation of
business in Italy in the past 12 years, this paper analyzes the innovative proposals submitted
both to the regional selections and the ones selected for the National finals. Regarding the
regional contest, the region of Sardinia has been chosen as a test region. The analysis has
been carried out in several directions: an historic perspective, a sectorial overview and a
geographic analysis.
funding efforts in favor of the creation of the so-called knowledge-based economy.The
local/regional response to such policies however are sometimes irregular and inconsistent,
partly because of the inhomogeneous distribution of subjects capable to acknowledge and
effectively adopt such innovative directions.This delay in the harmonization of the strategic
goals of Universities, SMEs, Investors and Public Bodies has been tackled partly thanks to
dedicated governance projects, mostly funded by the EU, and through other initiatives,
such as the Innovation Prizes aimed at the selection and tutoring of innovative business
ideas. The competition applicant’s data make for a very interesting data base in order to
analyze the trends of the innovation market. With the aim to understand which sectors have
attracted the larger share of interest in term of studies and testing aimed at the creation of
business in Italy in the past 12 years, this paper analyzes the innovative proposals submitted
both to the regional selections and the ones selected for the National finals. Regarding the
regional contest, the region of Sardinia has been chosen as a test region. The analysis has
been carried out in several directions: an historic perspective, a sectorial overview and a
geographic analysis.