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Empresa e innovación tecnológica en el distrito industrial de Manresa durante el franquismo. Entre la copia, la adaptación y la creatividad

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  • LLuís Virós

    (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

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During the first 20 years of Franco's dictatorship, the Spanish economy remained isolated, and technological innovation suffered a large backlog. Still, Spanish companies were able to advance technologically to gain advantage in the internal market taking advantage of import substitution. The article compares three firms with different characteristics located in Manresa (Barcelona), an industrial city with district behavior in certain sectors. Strategies for business innovation or technological license acquisition during autarchy and “development policy” are discussed. The main contribution of the paper is the explanation of the mechanisms of development and spreading of innovation, and its close relation with the generation of external economies. KEY Classification-JEL: N64, N74, N84

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  • LLuís Virós, 2013. "Empresa e innovación tecnológica en el distrito industrial de Manresa durante el franquismo. Entre la copia, la adaptación y la creatividad," Investigaciones de Historia Económica - Economic History Research (IHE-EHR), Journal of the Spanish Economic History Association, Asociación Española de Historia Económica, vol. 9(01), pages 22-31.
  • Handle: RePEc:ahe:invest:v:09:y:2013:i:01:p:22-31
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    Keywords

    Innovation; Franco's Dictatorship; Metallurgy; Catalonia; Manresa;
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    JEL classification:

    • N64 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N74 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - Europe: 1913-
    • N84 - Economic History - - Micro-Business History - - - Europe: 1913-

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