The Competitive Position of the Basque Aeroespatial Cluster in Global Value Chains: A Historical Analysis

Aitziber Elola, Jesús Mª Valdaliso and Santiago López

European Planning Studies, 2013, vol. 21, issue 7, 1029-1045

Abstract: In this paper, based on the case study of the aerospace cluster of the Basque Country (Spain), we aimed at analysing how local industries develop a new specialization, that is, how a cluster emerges, and how it evolves over time. For that purpose, apart from considering local factors (both forces that are internal to the cluster and to the territory), we explicitly consider the role of institutional and technological changes, and how they affect industry structure and governance patterns of global value chains (GVCs). We observe that global-scale regulations (deregulation and competition policy) and technological change, together with local factors such as the existence of anchor firms, local policies, related variety and social capital at regional and cluster levels played a significant role in the emergence of the cluster and how it became inserted in the GVCs. Later on, the development of suppliers' capabilities also had a relevant role in the evolution of the governance patterns of GVCs.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2013.733851

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