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Agglomeration Economies, Firms' Spatial Organization and Innovation Performance: Some Evidence from the French Industry

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  • Marie-Benoit Magrini
  • Danielle Galliano

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There is a consensus in economic geography concerning the positive influence of agglomeration economies on innovation. Usually this is captured through the type of area in which a firm's head office (HO) of the firm is located. But the location of the firm's other units could also have an impact on innovation. This article proposes to construct different spatial profiles of firms, based on the location of their HOs and other units in three distinct types of areas, defined according to their degree of agglomeration. The influence of these firms' spatial profiles on their propensity to innovate and innovation intensity is estimated, controlling for other determinants related to structural characteristics, the firms' relations with outsiders and with their competitive environment. This study uses a sample representative of the French manufacturing firms for the year 2006. The econometric results show various effects of multi-location on firms' innovation and highlight the importance of the units in the overall technological dynamic of firms.

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  • Marie-Benoit Magrini & Danielle Galliano, 2012. "Agglomeration Economies, Firms' Spatial Organization and Innovation Performance: Some Evidence from the French Industry," Industry and Innovation, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(7), pages 607-630, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:indinn:v:19:y:2012:i:7:p:607-630
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2012.726809
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    1. Danielle Galliano & Marie-Beno�t Magrini & Pierre Triboulet, 2015. "Marshall's versus Jacobs' Externalities in Firm Innovation Performance: The Case of French Industry," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(11), pages 1840-1858, November.
    2. Oscarina Conceição & Ana Paula Faria, 2014. "Determinants of research-based spin-offs survival," NIPE Working Papers 21/2014, NIPE - Universidade do Minho.
    3. Yu. V. Daneykin, 2023. "Innovative development of high tech industrial complexes at the meso-level," Russian Journal of Industrial Economics, MISIS, vol. 16(2).
    4. François Deltour & Sébastien Le Gall & Virginie Lethiais, 2017. "Innovating not Only in Cities: Evidence from SMEs," Post-Print hal-01758281, HAL.

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