Title: Agglomeration economies: are they relevant for innovation and export intensity?

Authors: Enrique Claver-Cortés; Bartolomé Marco-Lajara; Encarnación Manresa-Marhuenda

Addresses: Deceased; formerly of: University of Alicante ' Department of Management, University of Alicante, Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain ' Department of Management, University of Alicante, Sant Vicent del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain

Abstract: Our objective is to identify the effect of agglomeration on the export intensity of a company, taking into account the different types of agglomeration as well as the effect of certain internal characteristics, including innovation capacity, foreign-ownership, age and size, among others. Using data from a survey conducted in 2016 by the Technological Innovation Panel (PITEC), an analysis was performed with a sample of 1596 firms. The results obtained indicate that each type of agglomeration economy has a different effect on export intensity, this influence being direct or indirect through innovation. Our empirical findings open an agenda for policy-makers when deciding how they should promote innovation, agglomeration and exports, because they show that agglomeration directly and indirectly affects intensity export.

Keywords: export intensity; agglomeration; innovation; domestic versus foreign.

DOI: 10.1504/EJIM.2024.140925

European Journal of International Management, 2024 Vol.24 No.2, pp.310 - 335

Received: 09 Aug 2019
Accepted: 21 May 2020
Published online: 04 Sep 2024 *

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