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Neighbourhood related diversity, human capital and firm innovation

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  • Sofia Wixe

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In this paper the importance of neighbourhood related diversity and firm human capital for firms' propensity to innovate is tested. Neighbourhood diversity is treated as a source of localized knowledge spillovers, that is, Jacobs' externalities, where diversity is measured in terms of industries and employee education. The results show that firms in metropolitan regions benefit from related industry diversity while service sector firms in rural regions are more innovative in neighbourhoods with more related diversity in education. Firm characteristics such as education and skills among the employees provide to be strong determinants of firm innovativeness, especially for firms outside metropolitan regions. En este artículo se evalúa la importancia de la diversidad relacionada con los vecindarios y el capital humano de empresas en cuanto a la propensión de las empresas a innovar. La diversidad de los vecindarios se trata como una fuente de spillovers localizados de conocimiento, es decir, las externalidades de Jacobs, donde la diversidad se mide en términos de las industrias y la educación de los empleados. Los resultados muestran que las empresas de las regiones metropolitanas se benefician de la diversidad de la industria relacionada, mientras que las empresas del sector servicios de las regiones rurales son más innovadoras en vecindarios con una mayor diversidad relacionada en cuanto a educación. Las características de las empresas, como la educación y las habilidades de los empleados, son factores altamente determinantes de la capacidad de innovación de la empresa, especialmente para empresas fuera de las regiones metropolitanas. 本稿では、企業のイノベーションを生み出す傾向に対する近隣地域の多様性(neighbourhood related diversity)と堅実な人材の重要性を検証する。近隣地域の多様性は、地域化された知識のスピルオーバーの源、すなわちJacobの外部性として取扱い、ここでは多様性は産業と従業員の教養の観点で測定される。結果は、大都市圏内の企業は関連産業の多様性から恩恵を受けるが、その一方で農村地域のサービスセクターの企業は、教養に関連する多様性がより高い地域に立地するとよりイノベーティブになる傾向を示す。従業員の教養や技能などの企業の特性は、特に大都市圏外の地域の企業にとっては、その企業のイノベーティブな性質を決定する強力な因子となる。

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  • Sofia Wixe, 2018. "Neighbourhood related diversity, human capital and firm innovation," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(2), pages 217-252, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:2:p:217-252
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12255
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    1. Luigi Aldieri & Cristian Barra & Concetto Paolo Vinci, 2019. "The role of human capital in identifying the drivers of product and process innovation: empirical investigation from Italy," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 1209-1238, May.
    2. Cainelli, Giulio & Ganau, Roberto, 2021. "Knowledge spillovers, related variety and firm heterogeneity," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 114858, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    3. Lara Agostini & Federico Caviggioli & Francesco Galati & Barbara Bigliardi, 2020. "A social perspective of knowledge-based innovation: mobility and agglomeration. Introduction to the special section," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 45(5), pages 1309-1323, October.
    4. Yoann Morin & Lionel Védrine, 2022. "Do agglomeration economies affect firms’ returns to training? Evidence based on French industrial firms," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(5), pages 1135-1156, October.
    5. Calvo, Nuria & Fernández-López, Sara & Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús & Rodeiro-Pazos, David, 2022. "The effect of population size and technological collaboration on firms' innovation," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    6. Wallin, Tina, 2017. "An empirical study of firms’ absorptive capacity and export diversification," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 452, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.

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