An insight into the innovative start-up landscape of South Tyrol  A language barrier to effective policy transfer? /  [electronic resource]: 
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 
 - Paris :  OECD Publishing,  2020. 
 - 61 p. 
 - OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers,  no.2020/07  20794797 ; .
 - OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Papers,  no.2020/07. .
<br/><br/> The characteristics of innovative start-up firms in South Tyrol, the northernmost province of Italy, entirely mountainous, hosting a high-income population belonging to three main language groups. This work is part of a series of thematic papers on sub-national start-up landscapes in Italy, produced by the OECD Trento Centre for Local Development. It represents a first attempt to analyse the effect of the Italian policy framework for young innovative firms at the local level. South Tyrol is home to a relatively small number of registered innovative start-ups, pointing to the presence of obstacles to policy transfer. Evidence suggests that language barriers may play a critical role. Firm dynamism, in particular high-growth and exit trends, the spread of emerging technologies among local start-ups as well as their propensity to uptake national incentives are other major focuses of this work, which concludes with a set of evidence-based recommendations for policy-makers. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Urban, Rural and Regional Development<br/>Science and Technology<br/>Industry and Services
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Italy