FROM INCUBATORS TO ECOSYSTEMS: EVALUATING THE STARTUP DIGITAL ECONOMY CLUSTER OF HULL CITY Main MenuABSTRACTAbstractLITERATURE REVIEWReview of relevant and recent literature on /Digital Economy/ Complexity Theory/ Social Media and Network Theory/ Business Model ResearchMETHODOLOGYResearch stages and methods for the case study are summarised as followsFINDINGSLinksANALYSISLinksDISCUSSIONLinksCONCLUSIONSBIBLIOGRAPHYauthors in alphabetical orderAcknowledgementsAcknowledgementsJosep Almirall3aa606bbf169519dce4053897d289d9b58670ab0Author: Josep Almirall (January 2016 - December 2016)
From the research question: How accurate is the available data on startups indexed within the digital economy cluster of Hull city?
By doing an emerging coding process with data I found different issues with information regarding 86 of companies indexed by Duedil. Issues such as companies not actually located in Hull being listed as so, inactive companies that haven’t been removed from the database or companies that have been being wrongly assigned to a category that does not quite adjust to their main activity. There are also a large number (the largest, to be fair) of “ghost” companies that are untraceable online. To sum up, organizational researchers must be aware of the fact that “we may not have an exact picture of the number of businesses in the information economy or its employment, or the value it brings to the UK economy” (in Nathan and Rosso, 2013:3), especially in the startup context.