TECHNOLOGY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF PATENTS AND FIRM LOCATION IN THE SPANISH MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS INDUSTRY.



provided by Research Papers in Economics

40th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Barcelona (Spain) 29th August □1st September, 2000

Technology and regional development: the case of
patents and firm location in the Spanish medical instruments
industry

Manuela P. Pérez and Angel M. Sanchez

UniversityofZaragoza (Spain)

Departamento de Economia y Direccion de Empresas

Centro Politdcnico Superior

Maria de Luna No. 3, 50015DZaragoza, Spain

EDmail: [email protected] <Manuela P. Pdrez>
[email protected] <Angel M. Sanchez>

Abstract. This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of the results of the technological
process (patents granted) in the Spanish medical equipment industry. The paper shows
a polarization towards the two large urban agglomerations of Barcelona and Madrid.
The regression analysis accomplished with the explanatory variables has shown that the
innovative activity is positively correlated with networking and the proximity to
medical agglomeration centers. The explanatory model has not found a significant
contribution of agglomeration to patenting intensity which allows for the possibility
that small ‘hiDtech’ medical equipment firms may develop and locate in peripheral
regions.



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