The Emergence of New Industries at the Regional Level in Spain: A Proximity Approach Based on Product Relatedness

• Autor: Boschma, Ron ; Minondo, Asier ; Navarro, Mikel
• Assuntos: Bgi / Prodig ; capabilities ; diversification ; Econometrics ; Economic expansion ; Economic geography ; Economic policy ; Exports ; Human geography ; Industrial development ; Industrial economics ; Industrial structure ; Industry ; Market structure ; new industries ; Political and economic geography ; proximity index ; regional branching ; Regional economy and planning ; Regions ; Spain ; Studies
• É parte de: Economic geography, 2013-01, Vol.89 (1), p.29-51
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• Descrição: How do regions diversify over time? Inspired by recent studies, we argue that regions diversify into industries that make use of capabilities in which regions are specialized. Since the spread of capabilities occurs through mechanisms that have a strong regional bias, we expect that capabilities that are available at the regional level play a larger role than do capabilities that are available at the country level for the development of new industries. To test this hypothesis, we analyze the emergence of new industries in 50 Spanish regions at the NUTS 3 level in the period 1988–2008. We calculate the capability-distance between new export products and existing export products in Spanish regions and provide econometric evidence that regions tend to diversify into new industries that use similar capabilities as existing industries in these regions. We show that proximity to the regional industrial structure plays a much larger role in the emergence of new industries in regions than does proximity to the national industrial structure. This finding suggests that capabilities at the regional level enable the development of new industries.
  
• Editor: Worcester, MA: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
  
• Idioma: Inglês