The Differential Impact of the Internet on Spurring Regional Entrepreneurship
研究政府在农村地区提供互联网技术对区域创业的影响，发现互联网促进已有创业集群地区的创业活动，但减少偏远小社区的创业，因为居民转向消费外部商品和服务。
This paper studies the effect of the introduction of government–provided Internet technology to rural communities (Internet communities) on regional entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship increases among larger Internet communities, as the Internet spurs entrepreneurial activities by enabling agglomeration across areas that have a preexisting cluster of real entrepreneurial activities. There is, however, a decrease in entrepreneurship among smaller and more geographically remote Internet communities, as the Internet facilitates the consumption of items and services not produced within such smaller communities. Overall, the key finding is that virtual entrepreneurial clusters are not independent of real entrepreneurial clusters.