Spatial distribution of Schumpeterian innovators: a study of spatio-temporal agglomeration of technology-based startups in Florianópolis

ABSTRACT

In this paper we analize the spatio-temporal emergence and aglomeration dynamics of technology-based startups that ocurred in Florianópolis, São José and Palhoça (SC) during 2000-2020 period. To study this phenomenon, a parametric approach based on the spatial K-function and the space-time K-function (Arbia, Espa e Giuliani, 2021) is suggested, considering a geo-referenced startups observed over the period considered. We find that there is a strong concentration of these startups in a short distance, whose center is the Celta incubator (Alfa Technology Park), of the Certi Foundation, created within the scope of the Federal University of Santa Catarina and at a greater distance. A statistically significant time-space interaction was also found, especially in 5-year cycles. The results reinforce the importance of Marshallian externalities that operate at the microgeographic scale (district or neighborhood) as well as the Jacobian ones, which operate at the macrogeographic scale (city).

KEYWORDS
Geography of innovation; Startups; Space-time agglomeration