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T1 Location decisions and agglomeration economies: domestic and foreign companies
T2 Decisiones de localización y economías de aglomeración: empresas domésticas y extranjeras
A1 Claver Cortés, Enrique
A1 Marco Lajara, Bartolomé
A1 Manresa-Marhuenda, Encarnación
A1 García Lillo, Francisco
A1 Seva Larrosa, Pedro
K1 Location choice
K1 Multinational enterprise
K1 Innovation
K1 Agglomeration
K1 Knowledge
K1 Absorptive capacity
K1 Localización
K1 Empresa multinacional
K1 Innovación
K1 Aglomeración
K1 Conocimiento
K1 Capacidad de absorción
K1 D83
K1 F23
K1 L25
K1 M16
K1 R30
K1 Economía
K1 Economics
K1 Geografía
K1 Geography
K1 Sociología
K1 Sociology
AB The international expansion of multinational enterprises (MNEs) is one of the topics most frequently discussed amongst international business scholars. In particular, decisions regarding firm location and its effects on performance have received great attention. The results obtained in the study about this relationship are inconclusive, though, since a large number of studies have been conducted fromvery different perspectives. One of these perspectives suggests that the location in agglomerations allows MNEs to benefit from potential knowledge spillovers encouraging innovation and local adaptation. However, this co-location increases the risk of imitation by domestic companies as well. Furthermore, the acquisition by each firm of the external knowledge generated by means of concentration dependson its internal capabilities, and especially on its absorptive capacity. The aim sought with this work consists in analyzing the location decisions adopted by MNEs in an attempt to clarify the following issues: Are MNEs more likely to be established in agglomerations? Which companies benefit the most from geographical proximity in terms of innovation, domestic or foreign ones? What is the role of absorptivecapacity? The results obtained in the analysis, carried out with a sample of firms and using data from a survey conducted in 2013 by PITEC, reveal the differences between foreign and local companies when it comes to using external knowledge.
PB Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional (AECR)
SN 2340-2717
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31603
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31603
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 25-abr-2024