Spatial Agglomerations in the Spanish Food Industry: Does Sectorial Disaggregation Matter?
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Título: | Spatial Agglomerations in the Spanish Food Industry: Does Sectorial Disaggregation Matter? |
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Autor/es: | Giner Pérez, José Miguel | Santa María Beneyto, María Jesús |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Economía Industrial y Desarrollo Local | Investigación en Género (IG) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Economía Aplicada y Política Económica |
Palabras clave: | Cluster | Food industry | Sectorial disaggregation | Spain | Spatial agglomerations |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Economía Aplicada |
Fecha de publicación: | 2-jul-2020 |
Editor: | SAGE Publications |
Cita bibliográfica: | International Regional Science Review. 2021, 44(5): 515-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017620934177 |
Resumen: | The food industry is the most important industrial activity in Spain in terms of production and employment; its spatial concentration is considerable. However, there is a lack of quantitative research on its agglomerations, especially at high levels of spatial and sectorial disaggregation. With the study presented, this deficit is addressed, using systematic and quantitative methods to examine the spatial agglomeration in the subsectors that the food industry is specialized. Spanish food industry clusters have been identified by applying a top-down quantitative methodological approach—the cluster index—and following a high level of territorial and sectorial disaggregation. Clusters were identified at the three- and four-digit sectorial disaggregation. The number of four-digit-level relevant clusters was higher than three-digit disaggregation. This evidence was verified using nonparametric statistical tests (Wilcoxon signed-rank test). Furthermore, the analysis of four significant three-digit subsectors allows us to advance two alternative explanations for the divergent results at the different levels of the analysis (three digits vs. four digits). This partly explains the potential competitiveness of Spain in the food industry and shows the possibility of establishing policies for the development of clusters. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/114981 |
ISSN: | 0160-0176 (Print) | 1552-6925 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1177/0160017620934177 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © The Author(s) 2020 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017620934177 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - EIDL - Artículos de Revistas INV - Investigación en Género - Artículos de Revistas |
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