Competitiveness, productivity and externalization: Food versus autos in Catalonia

Pankaj Ghemawat ()
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Pankaj Ghemawat: IESE Business School, Postal: Research Division, Av Pearson 21, 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN

No D/803, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: This paper re-examines the innovation-productivity nexus on the basis of a paired comparison between Catalonia's food and auto sectors. The sectoral studies expose a set of productivity enhancement mechanisms that do not involve innovation in the sense of anything new to the world, that are grouped under the rubric of renovation and comprise: - Reaching efficient scale - Rectifying (other) obvious internal deficiencies - Replicating or imitating innovations, techniques, etc., developed by others - Replacement of inefficient incumbents by more efficient entrants - Redeployment of resources across sectors The paper also discusses the implications of this broader perspective for industrial policy, and for internationalization.

Keywords: Productivity; Innovation; Industrial Policy; Internationalization; Globalization; Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2009-07-13
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