Regional Specialization, Competitive Pressure, and Cooperation: The Cocktail for Innovation

Bartolomé Marco-Lajara, Eduardo Sánchez-García, Javier Martínez-Falcó and Esther Poveda-Pareja
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Bartolomé Marco-Lajara: Department of Business Organization, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Eduardo Sánchez-García: Department of Business Organization, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Javier Martínez-Falcó: Department of Business Organization, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Esther Poveda-Pareja: Department of Business Organization, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-17

Abstract: The main aim of this paper is to analyze the effect of industrial agglomeration on the degree of interorganizational cooperation and the innovative performance of firms of the electricity supply sector in Spain. For this purpose, the agglomeration coefficient in each of the 50 provinces of Spain is calculated, based on secondary data from SABI database. Subsequently, primary data are obtained from a sample of 197 companies through a structured questionnaire. In this case, the PLS-SEM technique is used. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables analyzed. It is concluded that industrial agglomeration and cooperation are relevant external factors that boost the innovative performance of firms and that business associations foster interorganizational cooperation.

Keywords: agglomeration; cluster; specialization; cooperation; innovation; PLS-SEM; energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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