Innovation and Firm Location in the Spanish Medical Instruments Industry

Manuela P. Pérez and Angel M. Sánchez
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Manuela P. Pérez: University of Zaragoza
Angel M. Sánchez: University of Zaragoza

Chapter 18 in The Emergence of the Knowledge Economy, 2002, pp 365-380 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Over the past twenty years a considerable amount of empirical evidence of one sort or another has been amassed which demonstrates that the processes of innovation and technological change are spatially differentiated, both regionally within states and internationally between nations (Harris 1988). Similarly, empirical evidence around the world has demonstrated the interrelation between economic growth and technological change on a national scale and even at regional level. In that sense it can be argued that activities related to technological innovation are a key factor in regional development (Stohr 1988). Economic growth and prosperity are materialised through the creation of new activities originated in firms by innovative managers. If the firm creates its own technology, or incorporates it exogeneously, this will result in an increase in its competitiveness. When this happens simultaneously in a group of firms located in a particular area the combined effects may contribute to a spatial dynamism and development of the area.

Keywords: Small Firm; Medical Equipment; Innovative Activity; Utility Model; Basque Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-24823-1_18

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