Catherine Beaudry and Stefano Breschi
Article (2003)
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Cite this document: | Beaudry, C. & Breschi, S. (2003). Are firms in clusters really more innovative? Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 12(4), p. 325-342. doi:10.1080/10438590290020197 |
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Abstract
This paper examines empirically whether firms located in strong industrial clusters are more innovative than firms located outside these regions. The study performs a firmlevel analysis for two countries: Italy and the United Kingdom. European patent data for the period 1990-98 are used as indicator of firms’ innovative activity, and are related to employment in the region where the firms are located, and other cluster-specific and firm-specific variables. The main result of the paper is that clustering alone is not conducive to higher innovative performance. Whereas location in a cluster densely populated by other innovative firms positively affects the likelihood of innovating, quite strong disadvantages seems to arise from the presence of non-innovative firms in a firm’s own industrial sector. Regarding the impact of other industrial sectors, preliminary results seem to indicate, in the case of Italy, that a strong presence of firms in other related industries spurs innovative performance.
Uncontrolled Keywords
Clusters, Innovation, Knowledge, Agglomeration economies
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Subjects: | 1600 Génie industriel > 1600 Génie industriel |
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Department: | Non applicable |
Research Center: | Non applicable |
Funders: | European Community |
Grant number: | SOE1–CT97–1058 (DG12–SOLS) |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2016 14:44 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2018 16:12 |
PolyPublie URL: | https://publications.polymtl.ca/2250/ |
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Journal Title: | Economics of Innovation and New Technology (vol. 12, no. 4) |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10438590290020197 |
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