Cainelli, Giulio and Ganau, Roberto (2019) Related variety and firm heterogeneity: what really matters for short-run firm growth? Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 31 (9-10). pp. 768-784. ISSN 0898-5626
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In recent years, two concepts have become key elements in economic geography: related variety and firm heterogeneity. The first one predicts that knowledge spillovers within a region/local system occur among firms operating in ‘different but related’ sectors. The second one assumes that knowledge spillovers can occur among ‘different’ firms belonging to the same localised sector/industrial cluster. Using a sample of 27,817 Italian manufacturing firms observed during the period 2010–2013, this paper analyses the role played by related variety and within-sector firm heterogeneity on short-run employment growth. The results suggest that both related variety and within-sector firm heterogeneity have a positive effect, although the latter has a higher impact than the former. These results confirm the role played by related variety, but identify firm heterogeneity as a potential additional source of local knowledge spillovers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tepn20/current |
| Additional Information: | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2019 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/100266 |
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