Gauger Felix, Strych Jan-Oliver, Pfnür Andreas
Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt, Germany.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany.
Data Brief. 2021 May 29;37:107185. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107185. eCollection 2021 Aug.
This data article describes a panel dataset that combines flexible office space market data with entrepreneurial data, such as founding and funding of ventures in 47 European cities. One adaption of new ways of working are coworking spaces. They are shared working environments that offer office space and intangible resources, such as knowledge sharing, collaboration and networking. Access to flexible office space for self-employed, start-ups, and corporates is a key resource for businesses. Covid-19 has shown that space provision is becoming more flexible and ventures increasingly use scalable space instead of long-term lease agreements for office space or than owning it. Deskmag counts 18,700 coworking spaces worldwide in the year of 2018 with 1.65 million coworkers and high future growth expectations after COVID-19 [1]. Data were collected through two sources. Data about coworking spaces were collected through a web scraper crawling for coworking spaces within a city as of December 31, 2018. Those data were manually enriched by real estate and economic variables, such as the office high prime rent and office market size. Data about the funding and founding of ventures were obtained through using the database Crunchbase, including all start-ups in a city with their type of funding (including: seed, venture capital, private equity, debt convertibles and others) and their financing rounds. The Crunchbase database lists mostly young firms, commonly called start-ups and small medium enterprises (SME), and their financing with external funding. It includes firms that have needed or might need funding in the near future, or have already got funding. Hence, it is possible to relate spatial clusters with entrepreneurial activity and analyze for example the influence of (flexible) office markets on founding activity. This dataset enables researchers and practitioners to further explore important questions regarding the nexus between the real estate industry, entrepreneurship behavior, start-ups and regional clusters. Due to the scarcity of publicly available quality flexible office space market data, the dataset detailed in this article may play a relevant role to be ready to be used by researchers and practitioners. Funding data can be used for regional analysis, growth development, or any other economic issues.
本数据文章描述了一个面板数据集，该数据集将灵活办公空间市场数据与创业数据相结合，比如47个欧洲城市的企业创立和融资情况。新型工作方式的一种体现是共享办公空间。它们是共享的工作环境，提供办公空间以及知识共享、协作和社交网络等无形资源。为个体经营者、初创企业和企业提供灵活办公空间是企业的一项关键资源。新冠疫情表明，空间供应正变得更加灵活，企业越来越多地使用可扩展空间，而非签订长期办公空间租赁协议或自行购置办公空间。Deskmag统计显示，2018年全球共有18700个共享办公空间，拥有165万名使用者，且在新冠疫情后有着很高的未来增长预期[1]。数据通过两个来源收集。关于共享办公空间的数据是通过网络爬虫收集截至2018年12月31日一个城市内的共享办公空间信息。这些数据通过房地产和经济变量进行了人工充实，比如写字楼高等级租金和办公市场规模。关于企业融资和创立的数据是通过使用Crunchbase数据库获取的，包括一个城市内所有初创企业及其融资类型（包括：种子轮、风险投资、私募股权、可转换债券及其他）以及融资轮次。Crunchbase数据库主要列出的是年轻企业，通常称为初创企业和中小企业（SME），以及它们的外部融资情况。它涵盖了那些在不久的将来需要或可能需要融资，或者已经获得融资的企业。因此，有可能将空间集群与创业活动联系起来，并例如分析（灵活）办公市场对创业活动的影响。这个数据集使研究人员和从业者能够进一步探索有关房地产行业、创业行为、初创企业和区域集群之间关系的重要问题。由于公开可用的高质量灵活办公空间市场数据稀缺，本文详细介绍的数据集可能会在供研究人员和从业者使用方面发挥重要作用。融资数据可用于区域分析、增长发展或任何其他经济问题。
