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The Hubs Research Project is a full-length academic paper analyzing the effectiveness of "hubs", a component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, in the advancement and growth of entrepreneurial success in a metropolitan area.
 
  
This research will primarily focused on large and mid-sized Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), as that is where the greater majority of Venture Capital funding is located.  
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'''Important Notice: The last update to the hubs data was done manually by Ed and is in E:\projects\MeasuringHGHTEcosystems\HubsData-RevisedSimplified.xlsx'''
  
===Primary Data Set===
 
The Hubs data set, from SDC Platinum, has been constructed in the server:
 
Data files are in 128.42.44.181/bulk/Hubs
 
All files are in 128.42.44.182/bulk/Projects/Ecosystem/Hubs
 
psql Hubs
 
  
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The Hubs Research Project is a full-length academic paper analyzing the effectiveness of "hubs", a component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, in the advancement and growth of entrepreneurial success in a metropolitan area. It focuses on cities in the United States as the primary unit of analysis.
  
The data set includes all United States Venture Capital transactions (moneytree) from the twenty-five year period of 1990 through 2015.
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This page contains information about data used for this research project, including data sources, location of data on RDP and details on data processing.
Data has been aggregated at the portfolio company, fund, and round level. It will be analyzed at the combined MSA level. We will be looking at in terms of number of companies funded in  number of funds active, and flow of investment in a given MSA.
 
  
  
The data set has now been uploaded to the database server, named Hubs.
 
There are 4 tables:
 
*Rounds: Rounddate, coname, state, roundno, stage1, etc.
 
*CombinedRounds: Coname, rounddate, discamount, fundname
 
*Companies: LastInv, FirstInv, coname, MSA, MSACode, Address, state, datefounded, totalknownfunding, industry(major)
 
*Funds: fundname, closingdate, lastinv, firstinv, msa, msacode, avinv, nocoinv, totalknowninv, address
 
  
Used variables:
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Information on initial data work done prior to Summer 2017 can be found at [[Hubs Summer 2016]].
  
Companies: Coname, MSACode, Industry, state
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'''Note on joining:''' The city-state-year ID from VC data is used as the master ID for joining datasets. Each table (e.g. income, nih, nsf, sbir, compustat) is first joined with the VC data on city-state-year ID and then the resulting tables are all joined together in the final table.
MSALookupTable: MSACode, MSASuper
 
IndustryLookupTable: IndustryMajor, InduCode
 
->
 
CompanyInfo: Coname, MSASuper, InduCode, state (complete)
 
  
Funds: fundname, msacode, state
 
MSALookupTable: MSACode, MSASuper
 
->
 
FundInfo: fundname, msacode, state (complete)
 
 
Rounds: coname, rounddate, stagecode, roundno
 
CombinedRounds: coname, rounddate, discamount, fundname
 
->
 
RoundInfoSuper: coname, rounddate, '''nofunds''', discamount 
 
->
 
RoundInfo: Coname, roundyear, fundname, estamount (complete)
 
 
Then take:
 
RoundInfo: Coname, roundyear, fundname, estamount
 
CompanyInfo: Coname, MSASuper, InduCode, state
 
FundInfo: fundname, msacode, state
 
->
 
SuperRoundInfo: Coname, CoMSASuper, CoInduCode, CoState, FundName, FundMSASuper, FundState, RoundYear, RoundEstAmount
 
->
 
MSAPortCos: Count(CoName) As NoPortCosFunded, CoMSASuper, RoundYear
 
...
 
 
'''Notes on Creation of Primary Data Set'''
 
 
Raw tables
 
* companies (last investment, first investment, company name, MSA, MSA code, address, state, date founded, known funding, industry)
 
* funds (fund closing date, last investment, first investment, fund name, address, MSA, MSA code, Average investment, number companies invested (NoCos), known investment)
 
* rounds (round date, company name, state, round number, stage 1, stage 2, stage 3)
 
* combined rounds (company name, round date, disclosed amount, investor)
 
* msalist (changes MSAs to CMSAs— combined MSAs)
 
*industry list (changes 6 industry categories to 4— ICT, Life Sciences, Semiconductors, Other)
 
 
Process
 
*cleaned tables to eliminate duplications, undisclosed variables
 
*changed all original characters to include CMSA and Industry Codes (companyinfo3, fundinfocleanfinal, roundinfoclean)
 
*matched funds to avoid any issues with names (i.e. Fund ABC L.P./Fund ABC LP/Fund ABC)
 
*matched roundinfoclean investors to fundinfocleanfinal investors (roundinfo.txt >> cleanfundfinal.txt)
 
*join by round and company conames
 
*bridge years (1990-2016), stage, and cmsa
 
* populate data with count of companies (Deal flow) and estimated amount ($)
 
** data set in 181 hubs folder under summarycmsa.txt (38394)
 
 
Key decisions:
 
*Threw out undisclosed co through-out as no address
 
*Count is done by joining round and company
 
*Anything fund related must be disclosed fund
 
*Near and far, and total invested, and fund counts, etc., are all done using disclosed funds that match only
 
 
 
'''Glossary of Tables'''
 
cleanco — used to remove duplicates from companies
 
cleanedcompanies — clean set of companies with no duplicates
 
cmsafunds-
 
cmsas— list of all CMSAs in final data set (for merging)
 
cmsastats- statistics not including empty years (pre-merge)
 
cmsastats2 - statistics separated by year-MSA
 
cmsastats3— statistics separated by year-MSA-stage
 
cmsastats4
 
cmsayears— empty merged table between year and cmsa
 
cmsayearstage — empty merged table between cmsa/years and stage
 
combinedrounds— raw sdc data for combined rounds
 
combinedroundswamt— used to join rounds and combined rounds for roundinfo2
 
companies- raw SDC company data
 
companyinfo — cleaned companies joined with state and CMSA information
 
companyinfo2— companyinfo1 with original industry categories
 
companyinfo3— companyinfo2 with updated industry categories and codes
 
companyinfo4-- clean version of companyinfo3
 
companyround- combined company information with round information
 
companyround2- combined company information with round information, cleaned up from companyround2
 
companyround3- combined company information with round information, cleaned up from companyround3
 
'''finaldataset'''- final statistics by CMSA-year, see section Final Primary Data Set for more information
 
fundinfo— funds joined with CMSA info
 
fundinfo2 - clean version of fundinfo1
 
fundinfoclean - used in process to clean fundinfo2
 
fundinfoclean2- used in process to clean fundinfo2
 
fundinfocleanfinal- used in process to clean fundinfo2
 
fundinfocleannodups- final clean set of fundinfo
 
funds - raw SDC fund data
 
Houston - analysis for Houston ecosystem team
 
Houston2- analysis for Houston ecosystem team
 
houston3- analysis for Houston ecosystem team
 
industry — new industry codes (4)— used for all future data sets
 
industrylist— lookup table for new industry codes (went from 6 to 4)
 
joined1- used for matching process
 
joined2- used for matching process
 
matchfund2- used for matching process
 
matchfunds- used for matching process
 
matchroundfund - used for matching process
 
matchroundfund2- used for matching process
 
msalist — lookup table for MSA to CMSA (used for all future data sets)
 
nearfar1-- beginning set before adding nearfar/stage variables
 
nearfar2 -- added binomial variables for near/far and for each of the stages, used to build final dataset
 
roundfund— not used— joined round to fund; drop/ignore
 
roundinfo— round info cleaned up to include number of investors in a syndicate and estimated investment per member of syndicate
 
roundinfo2— roundinfo1 including name of investors/funds
 
roundinfo3— clean version of roundinfo2
 
roundinfoclean — final clean version of roundinfo3 (final roundinfo table)
 
rounds — raw SDC round data
 
stages — table for merging stage-year-CMSA
 
superinfo — ignore/drop
 
temp - used for matching process
 
years — table for merging stage-year-CMSA
 
 
===Hub Candidates Data Set===
 
 
The Hubs candidate data set is a list of potential hubs found in MSAs throughout the country. Researchers are currently pulling qualitative and quantitative information from the candidate's websites, in an attempt to categorize what can be identified as a hub. This is a difficult data set to pull, as there is little to no quantitative information available for this category of institution, and is dependent on accessibility of information to the public on the internet.
 
 
Characteristics/Variables
 
*Year Founded
 
*Square footage
 
*LinkedIN self-identifiers (what the organization classifies itself on its LinkedIN profile)
 
*Activeness on Twitter (binomial)
 
*Member Directory available online (binomial)
 
*Number of conference rooms
 
*Price ($/month) for Flex desk
 
*Offers Reserved desk (binomial)
 
*Offers office space for rent (binomial)
 
*Offers community membership-- not for coworking but for community events, etc. (binomial)
 
*Number of events offered per month (estimate)
 
*Offers code academy
 
*Mission Statement/Vision (for qualitative or key-word analysis)
 
 
These characteristics/variables will be used to determine whether a candidate is or is not likely to be a Hub.
 
 
As of March 10th 2016, the list contains 125 Hub candidates.
 
 
'''Where to find''': The Hubs data set can be found in the Ecosystem>>Hubs>>dataset folder. It is not currently in the database due to a UTF8 issue
 
 
===Supplementary Data Sets===
 
'''Patent data''': to be pulled from USPTO or SDC Platinum.
 
 
'''Number of STEM Graduate Students''' (NSF) and '''University R&D Spending''' (NSF):
 
*University R&D Data found under file "NSF DATA_2004 to 2011.xlsx" in datasets folder (Ecosystem>>Hubs>>Datasets)
 
*R&D spending found at the university level for 2014 ("Stem Grad Students.xlsx) or at state level ("Science and Engineering Grad Students by State and Year 2000-2011.csv")
 
** not uploaded to server or matched yet to CMSA code, because of this discrepancy.
 
**"Stem Grad Students.xlsx" contains categorized university by MSA, can be used for all university-based projects
 
 
'''Per Capita Income''' and '''Employment Data''' (US Census Bureau):
 
*"Per Capita Personal Income by MSA 2000-2012.xlsx" in datasets folder (Ecosystem>>Hubs>>Datasets>>Data from Yael)
 
*"Wages and Salaries by MSA 2000-2012.xlsx" in datasets folder (Ecosystem>>Hubs>>datasets>>Data from Yael)
 
**not uploaded to server or matched yet to CMSA code
 
 
'''Firm Births''' (BDS)
 
*in server 181, under table name "BDS"
 
*includes birth, death, net(birth-death) and rate(death rate) for years 1990-2013 for every msa
 
*includes code for CMSA but is not aggregated by CMSA
 
** i.e. BDS statistics are still separate for all the smaller MSAs in New York's CMSA (code=1)
 
 
===Resources===
 
* Yael Hochberg and Fehder (2015), located in dropbox
 
** Use this paper as a guideline on how to conduct the analysis
 
*US Census Bureau data on employment by MSA: http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_14_5YR_B23027&prodType=table
 
*USPTO utility patents by MSA: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cls_cbsa/allcbsa_gd.htm
 
*MSA level trends: http://www.metrotrends.org/data.cf
 
 
===The Target Dataset===
 
 
We will need to process the following variables:
 
*SuperMSA - combine SanFran and SanJose, New York and Newark?, NC Research triangle, others?
 
*CSV mapping msas to cmsas is in the folder (and a table in the dbase)
 
 
 
Example dataset:
 
MSA      Year      SeedVCInv      SeedEarlyVCInv      LaterVCInv    NoDeals  FundsInvested  DistinctInvestors  ....
 
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1234    2001      1000000        20000000            30000000      4          7              7
 
 
 
Note that the unit of observation is MSA-Year.
 
 
Variables to be computed at the MSA level:
 
*HubActive (binary)
 
*NoHubsActive (Count)
 
*HubSqFt
 
*Other Hub Vars (build list!!!)
 
*'''SeedVCInv'''  (Seed/Start-up)
 
*'''EarlyVCInv''' (Early Stage)
 
*'''LaterStageVC''' (Later)
 
*'''OtherStageVC''' (Buyout/Acq, Other)
 
*'''NoDeals''' (done by local VCs?)
 
**'''NoDealsNear'''
 
**'''NoDealsFar'''
 
*NoPortCosFunded
 
*'''FundsInv''' (in an MSA)
 
**'''FundsInvFromNear''' (within MSA?)
 
**'''FundsInvFromFar''' (outside MSA?)
 
*DistinctInvestors (?)
 
**DistinctInvestorsNear (within MSA?)
 
**DistinctInvestorsFar (outside MSA?)
 
*PatentCount
 
*NoSTEMGrads
 
*FirmBirths (BDS data)
 
*UniRandDSpend
 
*PerCapitaIncome
 
*Employment
 
 
We need to:
 
*Check funds invested means dollars invested
 
*Categorize near and far! Is it within MSA vs. not, within adjacent MSAs, etc.?
 
 
 
There may be a second dataset that has Hub-Industry-Year (where industry is semiconductor/non-semiconductor?).
 
 
===Final Primary Data Set===
 
 
*Deal is a round syndicate (near/far deal is one investor that is near/far).
 
 
Table name: finaldataset
 
cmsa
 
year
 
totalamountinv--total amount invested
 
nearamountinv--amount invested from local funds
 
faramountinv-- amount invested from funds outside CMSA
 
earlyinv--amount invested in early stage companies
 
laterinv--amount invested in later stage companies
 
startupseedinv--amount invested in seed or startup stage companies
 
otherstageinv--amount invested in Acquisition/Buy-outs/Other stage companies
 
investingfund--distinct funds that are investing in that CMSA-year
 
investingfundnear--distinct funds from that CMSA that invested in that CMSA-year
 
investingfundfar--distinct funds from outside that CMSA that invested in that CMSA-year
 
deals--number of deals
 
neardeals--number of deals inside a CMSA
 
fardeals--number of deals from outside a CMSA --some of these deals might count in both categories, because of syndicate members being both inside and outside the CMSA
 
earlystagedeals--deals with earlystage companies
 
laterstagedeals--deals with later stage companies
 
startupseeddeals--deals with startup/seed companies
 
otherstagedeals--deals with companies in other stages
 
newportcosfunded--number of portfolio companies to receive their first investment in that year
 
  
 
===Data by zip code===
 
===Data by zip code===
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==COMPUSTAT Data==
 
==COMPUSTAT Data==
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The data set includes information on publicly traded firms in the US. It was obtained from the Wharton Research Data Services (https://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm?).
  
Data is in:
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Raw Data is in:
 
  E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017
 
  E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017
 
  Z:\Hubs\2017
 
  Z:\Hubs\2017
 
Database is '''cities'''
 
 
SQL script is: COMPUSTAT.sql
 
  
 
The source file is RandDExpenditures.txt. It contains:
 
The source file is RandDExpenditures.txt. It contains:
*Date from 1980-2017 (July). All COMPUSTAT.
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*Date from 1980-2017 (July).  
 
*427799 records
 
*427799 records
 
*Fields include:
 
*Fields include:
 
**R&D Expenditure
 
**R&D Expenditure
 
**Address (inc. city, zip, state)
 
**Address (inc. city, zip, state)
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**Revenue of firms
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Database is '''cities'''
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SQL script is: COMPUSTAT.sql
  
 
Output file is COMPUSTATSummary.txt. It contains:
 
Output file is COMPUSTATSummary.txt. It contains:
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*1979-2016
 
*1979-2016
 
*4440 cities
 
*4440 cities
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It is located in
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Z:\Hubs\2017\Output_Files
  
 
==NSF Data==
 
==NSF Data==
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The script that cleans NIH data and generates the summary table is titled '''nihSummary'''. It is located here:
 
The script that cleans NIH data and generates the summary table is titled '''nihSummary'''. It is located here:
  
  E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017
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  Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts
  
 
This table includes
 
This table includes
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*nogrants (number of grants)
 
*nogrants (number of grants)
 
*valuegrant
 
*valuegrant
*city_state (the city-state ID that we'll merge on)
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*city_state  
  
 
*Date from 1986-2015
 
*Date from 1986-2015
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===Joined NIH table===
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The joined NIH table with the VC table is found in db '''cities'''. The table is named '''merged_nih'''.
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All the values of nih_valuegrant and nih_nogrants with missing values for years 1986-2015 are set equal to 0.
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The sql script is in
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Z:\HUbs\2017\sql scripts
  
 
==Clinical Trials Data==
 
==Clinical Trials Data==
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The table includes 8780 observations
 
The table includes 8780 observations
  
===Joined income data===
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===Joined income table===
  
 
Data is in:  
 
Data is in:  
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*Unemployment rate
 
*Unemployment rate
  
===Joined employment data===
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===Joined employment table===
  
 
Data is in:  
 
Data is in:  
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*Percent_private_schooling
 
*Percent_private_schooling
  
===Joined schooling data===
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===Joined schooling table===
  
 
Data is in:  
 
Data is in:  
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Raw Data is in:  
 
Raw Data is in:  
   Z:\VentureCapitalData\SDCVCData
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   Z:\VentureCapitalData\SDCVCData\vcdb2
   The file name is roundcitystateyear.txt
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   The file name is roundleveloutput2.txt
  
 
It contains:
 
It contains:
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*numlater
 
*numlater
 
*numsel
 
*numsel
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*numdeals
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*numalive
  
  
Date from 1953-2017
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Date from 1948-2017
  
  
The table is in db '''cities''' titled '''vc'''.
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The table is in db '''cities''' titled '''new_vc'''.
  
 
It includes:
 
It includes:
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*numlater
 
*numlater
 
*numsel
 
*numsel
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*numdeals
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*numalive
 
*year
 
*year
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==Final Joined Data set ==
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The final data set is in file '''final.txt''' and is located here:
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Z:\Hubs\2017
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It includes:
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*city
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*state
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*city_state_year - (ID that data is merged on)
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*year
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*seedamtm - Seed Amount
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*earlyamtm - Early Investment Amount
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*lateramtm - Late Investment Amount
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*selamtm - Seed early or late amount
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*numseeds - Number of seed investments
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*numearly - Number of early investments
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*numlater - Number of late investments
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*numsel
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*numdeals - Number of deals (first contracts)
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*numalive - Number of start ups alive
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*income - Income per capita in each city-year
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*sbir_nogrants - Number of SBIR grants
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*sbir_valuegrant - Value of SBIR grants
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*emp - Employment stats of each city-year
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*unemp - Rate of unemployment
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*popestimate - Population estimate of each city-year
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*private - Enrollment in private schools
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*public - Enrollment in public schools
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*total -
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*numfirms - Number of publicly traded firms
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*randd - R&D expenditure of publicly traded firms
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*revenue - Revenue of PTF
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*totalassets
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*nsf_nogrants - Number of NSF grants
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*valuegrant - Value of NSF grants
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*nih_nogrants - Number of NIH grants
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*nih_valuegrant - Value of NIH grants
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*noctrials - NUmber of clinical trials
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== Defining Hubs ==
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'''Summer 2016''' - Last year a master list of 125 "potential" hubs was used. A scorecard was developed which filtered these 125 candidate hubs to determine which of these should be included in the study sample. This method resulted in a sample size of ~ 30. The master list and the final hubs list is titled '''Hubs Data v2_'16'''. It is located here:
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Z:\Hubs\2017\hubs_data
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'''Summer 2017''' - In order to obtain a more statistically significant sample of hubs, we developed 5 criteria which produce a more relaxed definition of hubs than last year. These include
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*Availability of co-working space
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*Coding classes or tech events
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*Some focus on the tech sector (this is important as our dependent variable is VC funding)
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*Presence of an accelerator
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*Availability of mentorship for members.
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We will review the 125 candidate hubs and select those which satisfy a subset or all of these characteristics.
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[[category:Internal]]

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Has title Hubs
Has owner Hira Farooqi
Has start date
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Has keywords Data
Has project status Active
Does subsume Hubs Analysis 2017
Has sponsor McNair Center
Has project output Data
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Important Notice: The last update to the hubs data was done manually by Ed and is in E:\projects\MeasuringHGHTEcosystems\HubsData-RevisedSimplified.xlsx


The Hubs Research Project is a full-length academic paper analyzing the effectiveness of "hubs", a component of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, in the advancement and growth of entrepreneurial success in a metropolitan area. It focuses on cities in the United States as the primary unit of analysis.

This page contains information about data used for this research project, including data sources, location of data on RDP and details on data processing.


Information on initial data work done prior to Summer 2017 can be found at Hubs Summer 2016.

Note on joining: The city-state-year ID from VC data is used as the master ID for joining datasets. Each table (e.g. income, nih, nsf, sbir, compustat) is first joined with the VC data on city-state-year ID and then the resulting tables are all joined together in the final table.


Data by zip code

  • Population data, 2000-2016 - US Census Bureau (E:\McNair\Hubs\summer 2017)

https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/

  • Income data, 1998-2014 - The Internal Revenue Service (E:\McNair\Hubs\summer 2017)

https://www.irs.gov/uac/about-irs

  • DCI index, to assess the economic well-being of communities

http://eig.org/dci/interactive-maps/u-s-zip-codes

Data by MSA

We have principle cities of MSAs from the census: https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/demo/metro-micro/delineation-files.html

We might be able to go City -> FIPS place code -> MSA?

Cities and their FIPS codes (which don't perfectly correspond) are available from https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/codes/place.html

The Census claims to provide city to MSA here: https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/ua_rel_download.html However, there is only CBSA!

This might do it: https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/rel/explanation_ua_cbsa_rel_10.pdf We can maybe track city to principal city to MSA

COMPUSTAT Data

The data set includes information on publicly traded firms in the US. It was obtained from the Wharton Research Data Services (https://wrds-web.wharton.upenn.edu/wrds/index.cfm?).


Raw Data is in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017
Z:\Hubs\2017

The source file is RandDExpenditures.txt. It contains:

  • Date from 1980-2017 (July).
  • 427799 records
  • Fields include:
    • R&D Expenditure
    • Address (inc. city, zip, state)
    • Revenue of firms

Database is cities

SQL script is: COMPUSTAT.sql

Output file is COMPUSTATSummary.txt. It contains:

  • Variables: City, year, No.public firms, sum R&D, sum Sales, sum total assets
  • 1979-2016
  • 4440 cities

It is located in

Z:\Hubs\2017\Output_Files

NSF Data

Data is in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017
Z:\Hubs\2017

Database is cities

SQL script is: nsf_2017.sql

The source files are: nsf2017.txt, copied from table nsf, and nsf_institution copied from table nsf_grants_institution from the biotech db.

They contain:

  • Award ID
  • Award Institution
  • Award Effective date
  • Institution city
  • Award Value
  • Organization state code

From 1900 - 2017

Output file is nsfSummary.txt. It contains:

  • Variables: City, State code year, nsf_nogrants, nsf_valuegrant
  • 1900-2017

Joined NSF table

The joined nsf table with the VC table is found in db cities. The table is named merged_nsf. All the values of nogrants and valuegrant with missing values for years 1990-2017 are set equal to 0. The sql script is in

Z:\HUbs\2017\sql scripts

NIH Data

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs
E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017

Database is cities SQL script is: nih2017.sql The source files are:

  • nih_1986_2001.csv
  • nih_2002_2012.txt
  • nih_2013_2015

located in E:\McNair\Projects\Federal Grant Data\NIH


The script that cleans NIH data and generates the summary table is titled nihSummary. It is located here:

Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts

This table includes

  • year
  • city
  • state
  • country
  • nogrants (number of grants)
  • valuegrant
  • city_state
  • Date from 1986-2015

Joined NIH table

The joined NIH table with the VC table is found in db cities. The table is named merged_nih. All the values of nih_valuegrant and nih_nogrants with missing values for years 1986-2015 are set equal to 0. The sql script is in

Z:\HUbs\2017\sql scripts

Clinical Trials Data

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs
E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017

Database is cities SQL script is: ctrials.sql The source file is:

  • medclinical.txt

located in Z:\Hubs\2017

  • Date from 1999-2017

Joined clinical trials table

The file which contains the number of trials in each city and year is located in:

Z:\Hubs\2017

The file is in:

Z:\Hubs\2017\clean data

The name of the file is:

 ctrialsSummary.txt

It contains:

  • city
  • year
  • city_state_year
  • noctrials - number of trials

The ctrials is joined with VC table. The joined SQL script is: new_ctrials.sql and it is located in

Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts

The name of the joined table is new_merged_ctrials.

It contains:

  • city
  • state
  • city_state_id
  • city_state_year
  • year
  • noctrials
  • seedamtm
  • earlyamtm
  • lateramtm
  • selamtm
  • numseeds
  • numearly
  • numlater
  • numsel

All the values of noctrials with missing values for years 1999-2017 are set equal to 0.

Population Data

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs
E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017

Database is cities

SQL script is: population.sql The source files are:

  • pop2000_2009.xlsx
  • pop2010_2016.xlsx

They contain:

  • State
  • City name
  • Year
  • Population Estimates

Date from 2000-2016

Joined population table

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs\2017\clean data

The file names are

1_population.txt - contains data on population estimates from 2000-2009
2_population.txt - contains data on population estimates from 2010-2016


Database is cities SQL script is: new_population.sql, located in

Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts

The population table is joined on VC table. The table is called new_merged_population.

They contain:

  • City
  • State
  • city_state_id to uniquely identify each city
  • city_state_year to uniquely identify each city in each year
  • Population estimates
  • Year
  • Code from the state code and Fips code
  • State full name

Income Data

Raw data was obtained from Census data, American Communities Survey.

Raw Data is in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017\MSA Income_raw.zip 


Date from 2005-2015

The master list with MSAs and principal cities is titled list2.xls. It is located at:

Z:\Hubs\2017

This master list includes:

  • MSA code
  • MSA name
  • Principal City
  • State
  • Place code (city code)
  • State Code

This master list was edited to associate each principal city with a unique state. E.g. if New York is the principal city located in New York-New Jersey MSA, it was associated with state NY-NJ. So list was edited to put New York with NY.


Cleaned Income data files are in

Z:\Hubs\2017\merging_on_ID 

They contain:

  • MSA code
  • MSA
  • Year
  • Total Household Income

The MSA-City-State look up file is titled msa_city_state_wcode.txt. It is located in

Z:\Hubs\2017\merging_on_ID 

The SQL file that merges income data from ACS (by MSA - Year) with the MSA-City file is titled income.sql. It is located here:

Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts
  

The final income table is in db cities titled merged_income.

It includes:

  • MSA
  • City
  • State
  • Year
  • Total Household Income

The table includes 8780 observations

Joined income table

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs\clean data

The file names are:

INC_05.txt - INC_15.txt

Database is cities SQL script is: merged_income.sql


They contain:

  • City
  • State
  • city_state_id to uniquely identify each city
  • Income
  • Year
  • Code from the state code and Fips code

Employment Data

Data on employment was obtained from American Communities Survey, US Census Bureau.

Raw Data is in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017\Employment Data by MSA

Cleaned files are in

Z:\Hubs\2017\clean data  

They contain:

  • MSA code
  • MSA
  • Year
  • Employment rate of individuals 16 years or older
  • Unemployment rate of individuals 16 years or older

Date from 2005-2015

The SQL file that merges employment data from ACS (by MSA - Year) with the MSA-City file is titled Employment.sql. The file is located in:

Z:\Hubs\2017

The final table is in db cities titled merged_employment.

It includes:

  • MSA
  • City
  • Year
  • Employment rate
  • Unemployment rate

Joined employment table

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs\clean data

The file names are:

EMP_05.txt - EMP_15.txt 

Database is cities SQL script is: new_employment.sql and it is located in Z:\Hubs\2017\sql scripts

The final table which is joined on VC is in db cities titled new_merged_employment.

They contain:

  • City
  • State
  • Code from the state code and Fips code
  • city_state_id to uniquely identify each city
  • city_state_year to uniquely identify each city in each year
  • Employment rates of individuals of 16 years or older
  • Unemployment rates of individuals of 16 years or older
  • Year

Schooling Data

Data on schooling was obtained from American Communities Survey, US Census Bureau.

Raw Data is in:

E:\McNair\Projects\Hubs\Summer 2017\School Enrollment Data by MSA

Cleaned files are in

Z:\Hubs\2017\clean data

They contain:

  • MSA code
  • MSA
  • Year
  • Total number of population 3 years and over enrolled in school
  • Percent of population 3 years and over enrolled in public school
  • Percent of population 3 years and over enrolled in private school

Date from 2005-2015

The SQL file that merges schooling data from ACS (by MSA - Year) with the MSA-City file is titled schooling.sql. The file is located in:

Z:\Hubs\2017

The final table is in db cities titled merged_schooling.

It includes:

  • MSA
  • City
  • Year
  • Total
  • Percent_public_schooling
  • Percent_private_schooling

Joined schooling table

Data is in:

Z:\Hubs\clean data

The file names are:

SCH_05.txt - SCH_15.txt

Database is cities SQL script which joins this table with VC table is: new_merged_schooling.sql The final table is in db cities titled new_merged_schooling.

It contains:

  • City
  • State
  • city_state_id to uniquely identify each city
  • city_state_year to uniquely identify each city in each year
  • Total number of school enrollment
  • Percentage enrolled in public schools
  • Percentage enrolled in private schools
  • Year
  • Code from the state code and Fips code

VC Data

Raw Data is in:

 Z:\VentureCapitalData\SDCVCData\vcdb2
 The file name is roundleveloutput2.txt

It contains:

  • city
  • state
  • year
  • seedamtm - seed, amount in millions
  • earlyamtm - early, amount in millions
  • lateramtm - late, amount in millions
  • selamtm - seed early late, amount in millions
  • numseeds - number of seeds
  • numearly
  • numlater
  • numsel
  • numdeals
  • numalive


Date from 1948-2017


The table is in db cities titled new_vc.

It includes:

  • city
  • state
  • city_state_id
  • city_state_year
  • seedamtm
  • earlyamtm
  • lateramtm
  • selamtm
  • numseeds
  • numearly
  • numlater
  • numsel
  • numdeals
  • numalive
  • year

Final Joined Data set

The final data set is in file final.txt and is located here:

Z:\Hubs\2017

It includes:

  • city
  • state
  • city_state_year - (ID that data is merged on)
  • year
  • seedamtm - Seed Amount
  • earlyamtm - Early Investment Amount
  • lateramtm - Late Investment Amount
  • selamtm - Seed early or late amount
  • numseeds - Number of seed investments
  • numearly - Number of early investments
  • numlater - Number of late investments
  • numsel
  • numdeals - Number of deals (first contracts)
  • numalive - Number of start ups alive
  • income - Income per capita in each city-year
  • sbir_nogrants - Number of SBIR grants
  • sbir_valuegrant - Value of SBIR grants
  • emp - Employment stats of each city-year
  • unemp - Rate of unemployment
  • popestimate - Population estimate of each city-year
  • private - Enrollment in private schools
  • public - Enrollment in public schools
  • total -
  • numfirms - Number of publicly traded firms
  • randd - R&D expenditure of publicly traded firms
  • revenue - Revenue of PTF
  • totalassets
  • nsf_nogrants - Number of NSF grants
  • valuegrant - Value of NSF grants
  • nih_nogrants - Number of NIH grants
  • nih_valuegrant - Value of NIH grants
  • noctrials - NUmber of clinical trials

Defining Hubs

Summer 2016 - Last year a master list of 125 "potential" hubs was used. A scorecard was developed which filtered these 125 candidate hubs to determine which of these should be included in the study sample. This method resulted in a sample size of ~ 30. The master list and the final hubs list is titled Hubs Data v2_'16. It is located here:

Z:\Hubs\2017\hubs_data

Summer 2017 - In order to obtain a more statistically significant sample of hubs, we developed 5 criteria which produce a more relaxed definition of hubs than last year. These include

  • Availability of co-working space
  • Coding classes or tech events
  • Some focus on the tech sector (this is important as our dependent variable is VC funding)
  • Presence of an accelerator
  • Availability of mentorship for members.

We will review the 125 candidate hubs and select those which satisfy a subset or all of these characteristics.