Cultural diversity and knowledge in explaining entrepreneurship in European cities
研究了2008-2010年欧洲城市中文化多样性和知识如何影响不同行业的创业结果，发现高文化多样性的城市在技术和知识密集型行业提供更多创业机会，但技术行业就业下降，而中等文化多样性可缓解此效应。
Abstract This study establishes and empirically explores the relationship between knowledge, cultural diversity and various entrepreneurial outcomes across European cities in 2008–2010. We demonstrate that the mechanism of knowledge spillover entrepreneurship is contextual and contend that cultural diversity and knowledge have differential impact on entrepreneurial outcomes across cities and countries. Cities with high cultural diversity provide more opportunities for entrepreneurship in sectors where technology and knowledge play more important role. While in technology-based sectors, we observe a decline in employment, in cities where cultural diversity is moderately high, this effect is counteracted by an increase in demand for skilful labour that is more concentrated in culturally diverse contexts. Implications for regional and national policy makers and international entrepreneurs are offered.