This study assesses whether and to what extent new knowledge available in a region and its surrounding regions induces and facilitates new firm creation, an important topic that is largely left untested in the literature. Using a full population firm-level dataset of 44,434 newly created...

L<sc>ee</sc> I. H., H<sc>ong</sc> E. and S<sc>un</sc> L. Inward foreign direct investment and domestic entrepreneurship: a regional analysis of new firm creation in Korea, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper assesses the intra- and inter-regional impacts of inward foreign direct investment on the decisions of establishing new...

This paper advocates a spatial dynamic model that introduces technology diffusion, factor mobility, and structural change into the cross-region growth regression. The spatial setting is derived from theory rather than spatial statistical tests. An application of this model to the study of...

Summary Drawing from the resource-based view, we investigate how firm and country combinations affect international SME performance. Using a sample of 2676 international Korean SMEs, we explore the relationships among SME R&D investment, home region orientation and financial performance. Results...

Using original data on large Korean multinational enterprises (MNEs), this paper examines the impact that their firm-specific advantages (FSAs) have on performance as and when they receive inward direct investment from foreign countries. Two types of FSAs are examined: innovation capabilities...