In vino veritas: competitive factors in wine-producing industrial districts

María Jesús Ruiz Fuensanta (), Francesc Hernández Sancho () and Vicent Soler i Marco ()
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María Jesús Ruiz Fuensanta: University of Castilla La Mancha
Francesc Hernández Sancho: University of Valencia
Vicent Soler i Marco: University of Valencia
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: María Jesús Ruiz-Fuensanta () and Vicent Soler-Marco ()

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2015, issue 32, 149-164

Abstract: The wine sector holds a prominent place within the whole Spanish food and agriculture industry. The importance given to this activity has also been transferred to the international market where Spain holds a position of leadership, both in terms of production as in overseas sales. A large number of the wine-producing firms in our country are located in industrial districts, which is to say in geographical areas characterised by a high concentration of small and medium-sized companies whose productive organisation corresponds to a model based on flexible specialisation. In previous papers, it has been possible to verify how wine-producing industries located in industrial areas show greater efficiency in relation to rivals located in other types of environments. The aim of this article is to further research on the specific features of industrial districts which could explain their firms’ increase in efficiency. For the identification and quantification of these determining factors affecting productive efficiency, a methodology based on parametric adjustments models is to be used. An empirical application is to be carried out on a sample of Spanish wine producers for the years 2000 and 2010, extracted from the SABI database.

Keywords: Industrial districts; Productive efficiency; wine sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D20 L66 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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