Industry diversification in industrial districts
Is it about embedded regional or firm-level capabilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10409285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | José-Luis Hervás-Oliver (0000-0001-6438-5497, Universitat Politècnica de València, corresponding author), Carles Boronat Moll (0000-0003-4714-9200, Universitat de València), Francisca Sempere-Ripoll (0000-0003-2658-6196, Universitat Politècnica de València), Jose Mariano Dahoui-Obon (0000-0002-7033-5135, Universitat Politècnica de València Spain) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 756-767 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regional Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00343404.2023.2244527 |
| OpenAlex | W4387018740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 61 |
We analyse whether regionally embedded or firm-level capabilities drive regional diversification in industrial districts, examining the relationship between relatedness and Marshallian agglomerations. We argue that regional diversification lacks an explicit mechanism to explain branching into new products, positing that the origin of regional product branching is based on firm-level heterogeneity of capabilities and diversification, which is overlooked. Using mixed methods and patent analysis (1895–2019; 3592 patents and utility models), product diversification in the Toy Valley district in Alicante (Spain) is analysed, showing that firm-level related diversification with extensive local search explains the mechanism of the regional relatedness diversification
Branching (polymer chemistry · Business · Diversification (marketing strategy · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Regional development · Regional science · Regional studies · Urban agglomeration · Economic and Technological Innovation · Marketing · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Regional resilience and development
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Technology change in industrial districts
Understanding the role of government in regional industrial evolution
Degree of technological relatedness, firm heterogeneity, and survival condition
The Positive sum strategy
Knowledge-relatedness in firm technological diversification
The Product Space Conditions the Development of Nations
The cornerstones of competitive advantage
Localised learning and industrial competitiveness
Beyond local search
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Complexity, networks and knowledge flow
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Skill relatedness and firm diversification
Cluster life cycles--dimensions and rationales of cluster evolution
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The spatial evolution of the British automobile industry
Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology
The Principle of Relatedness
Explicating dynamic capabilities
Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations
On firms’ product space evolution
Local discoveries and technological relatedness
The impact of aging and technological relatedness on agglomeration externalities
Industrial development in thin regions
A theoretical framework for evolutionary economic geography
Related to what? Reviewing the literature on technological relatedness
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RKnowledge
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |