Title :
The Rise of the Estonian Start-Up Sphere
Author_Institution :
Software Eng., Univ. of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Abstract :
Twenty years ago, when the local economy of Estonia was in shatters following the Soviet collapse, few would have predicted that this small country on the border between the European Union and Russia would become an ecosystem of IT start-ups. How did it happened, and what conditions enabled it?
Keywords :
economics; environmental factors; Estonian start-up sphere; European Union; IT start-up ecosystem; Russia; Soviet collapse; local economy; Companies; Estonia; Government policies; Information technology; Investment; Software development; emerging economies; information technology; software engineering; software industry; start-ups;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2014.62
