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Regional concentration of innovative business services: testing some explanatory factors at European regional level

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  • Luis Rubalcaba
  • David Gago

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This article explores the role of some traditional locational factors in explaining business services concentration at the European regional level. The link between (mainly innovative) business services and income, density, the role of the service economy or qualifications, among other variables, is assessed using specialisation indexes and multiple regression analysis for regions belonging to five European countries. Results show that the influence of locational determinants varies a great deal depending on the type of service, the region and country considered, and the presence of capital regions. This latter conclusion emphasises the importance of national differences and service peculiarities (not all innovative services behave in the same way) as explanatory factors.

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  • Luis Rubalcaba & David Gago, 2003. "Regional concentration of innovative business services: testing some explanatory factors at European regional level," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(1), pages 77-94, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:23:y:2003:i:1:p:77-94
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060412331300792
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    1. Matthias Firgo & Peter Mayerhofer, 2016. "Wissensintensive Unternehmensdienste, Wissens-Spillovers und regionales Wachstum. Teilprojekt 3: Zur Standortstruktur von wissensintensiven Unternehmensdiensten – Fakten, Bestimmungsgründe, regionalpo," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 59427.
    2. Xavier Vence Deza & Manuel González López, 2014. "Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 32(6), pages 1036-1058, December.
    3. Fernando Rubiera-Morollón & Eva Pardos & Ana Gómez-Loscos, 2010. "Location Determinants Of Business Services Within A Region With Large Urban Asymmetries," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 10(1).
    4. Christiane Hipp, 2010. "Collaborative Innovation in Services," Chapters, in: Faïz Gallouj & Faridah Djellal (ed.), The Handbook of Innovation and Services, chapter 14, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. J Howells & B Tether & F Gallouj & F Djellal & C Gallouj & K Blind & J Edler & C Hipp & F Montobbio & N Corrocher & A Macpherson & D Banach, 2004. "Innovation in Services: Issues at Stake and Trends," Working Papers halshs-01113600, HAL.
    6. Carlos R. AZZONI & Alexandre S. ANDRADE, 2005. "The Tertiary Sector And Regional Inequality In Brazil," Region et Developpement, Region et Developpement, LEAD, Universite du Sud - Toulon Var, vol. 21, pages 155-172.
    7. Hipp, Christiane, 2009. "Collaboration for innovation in services," Working Paper Series 7, Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU Cottbus), Chair of Organization, Human Resource & General Management.

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