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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.
===Primary Data Set===
The Hubs data set, from SDC Platinum, is currently in the process of being constructed.
The data set includes all United States Venture Capital transactions (moneytree) from the twenty-five year period of 1990 through 2015.
Data has been accumulated at the portfolio company, fund, and round level. It will be analyzed at the 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
===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.
===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 utilty tility 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.cfm
