Economies of scope and economies of agglomeration

Goldstein, Gerald S.; Gronberg, Timothy J.

doi:10.1016/0094-1190(84)90052-4

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“…Geographic proximity has also been the subject of considerable inquiry among economists (e.g., Krugman 1991; Marshall 1920). For example, the concept of "agglomerative economies" argues that geographically concentrated firms in the same industry benefit from externalities, such as access to skilled labor, existing channels of distribution, and knowledge spillovers (e.g., Ciccone and Hall 1996;Goldstein and Gronberg 1984). This view has given rise to the concept of industry clusters (also known as "industrial districts") among scholars in economic geography, regional development, and business strategy (e.g., Porter 1990Porter , 1998aRosenfeld 1997;Saxenian 1994;Sternberg 1991).…”

Section: The Role Of Distance In Marketing and New Product Developmentmentioning

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Does Distance Still Matter? Geographic Proximity and New Product Development

Ganesan

Malter

Rindfleisch

2005

Journal of Marketing

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Many firms rely on external organizations to acquire knowledge that is useful for developing creative new products and reducing the time needed to bring these products to market. Cluster theory suggests that this knowledge is often obtained from organizations located in close geographic proximity. Specifically, proximity is assumed to foster heightened face-to-face communication, strengthened relational ties, increased knowledge acquisition, and enhanced new product outcomes. The authors identify the limitations of these assumptions and offer an enriched model of the influence of geographic proximity on new product development, which they test using both a crosssectional survey of 155 firms in the U.S. optics industry and a longitudinal follow-up survey of 73 of these firms. They find that firms located in close proximity engage in increased face-to-face communication, but this communication has little effect on the acquisition of the types of knowledge that lead to enhanced new product outcomes. In contrast, they find that e-mail communication leads to both enhanced new product creativity and development speed. In addition, they find that relational ties moderate rather than mediate the path connecting geographic proximity and new product outcomes. These findings imply that the new product development outcomes typically ascribed to close geographic proximity may actually be attributed to strong relational ties. In the continual search for competitive advantage, firms try to develop innovative new products as quickly as possible. The importance of new product development for long-term competitive success is widely recognized by the marketing community (for a review, see Hennart and Szymanski 2001). In general, marketing has viewed the development of new products from the perspective of an isolated firm engaged in solo activity. Thus, the major thrust of extant new product development research has been on internal processes, such as the formation and coordination of new product development teams (e.g., Olson, Walker, and Reukert 1995;Sarin and Mahajan 2001) and the role of organizational culture in new product development success (e.g., Deshpandé, Farley, and Webster 1993;Moorman 1995).Because of the growth of global competition, rapid technological advances, and increasing demands from customers, many firms realize that they need help from external organizations, such as customers, suppliers, and even competitors, to develop innovative and timely new products (Wind and Mahajan 1997). In response, an increasing number of marketing studies have begun to examine new product development alliances (Rindfleisch and Moorman 2001, 2003;Sivadas and Dwyer 2000). However, research suggests that formal alliances represent only a small fraction of interorganizational influence on new product development because much of this influence comes in the form of informal information sharing rather than formal agreements (Allen 1983;Von Hippel 1987). To date, the marketing literature has little to contribute to the nature or the i...

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Section: The Role Of Distance In Marketing and New Product Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Distance Still Matter? Geographic Proximity and New Product Development

Ganesan

Malter

Rindfleisch

2005

Journal of Marketing

262

207

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“…Notranji dejavniki pa so značilni za spremenljivke, ki so za vsako regijo določene kot funkcija števila podjetij v regiji: ekonomije aglomeracij (EA) in cene proizvodnih dejavnikov (CP). Ekonomije aglomeracij (EA): predvidevamo, da povečanje števila podjetij v regiji poveča ekonomije aglomeracij in posledično izboljša produktivnost vsakega podjetja v regiji (glej Arnott, 1979;Henderson, 1983Henderson, , 1986Goldstein in Gronberg, 1986;Davis in Weinstein, 1999).…”

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Zavajajoče dojemanje in gospodarska učinkovitost regionalnega sistema

Malul¹,

Rosenboim²,

Shavit³

2012

Urbani izziv

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Zavajajoče dojemanje in gospodarska učinkovitost regionalnega sistemaNovost, ki jo prinaša ta članek, je uporaba učinka napač-nega dojemanja na modelu središče-obrobje. Na podlagi teoretičnega modela bomo pokazali, da na prostem trgu ob uvedbi učinka napačnega dojemanja v model pride do napačne porazdelitve podjetij med središčem in obrobjem. Anketa z vprašalnikom je potrdila, da obstaja napač-no dojemanje kakovosti proizvodnih dejavnikov, in sicer v korist središča. To napačno dojemanje lahko najdemo tako v pogledih središča na obrobje kot v pogledih obrobja nase. Za spremembo teh napačnih dojemanj bi se moralo obrobje bolj tržiti, obenem pa tudi krepiti svojo vlogo in svoj položaj v državi.

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“…The theoretical work in this area has demonstrated that agglomeration economies can arise from labour market pooling (Helsley et al, 1990), input sharing (Goldstein et al, 1984), and knowledge spillovers (Glaeser, 1999). The empirical literature suggests that spatial concentration might also be influenced by several plausible mega-trends that we observe in Europe (for example EC, 2008).…”

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“…A detailed description of this topic can be found in Quigley (1998). The theory demonstrates that the economics of agglomeration can originate from labour market pooling (Helsley et al, 1990), input sharing (Goldstein et al, 1984) and knowledge spill-overs (Glaeser, 1999). Rosenthal et al (2001) …”

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Agglomeration in Europe in the Context of Socio-Ecological Transition

Styczynska

Zaman²

2012

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. .......................................................................................................................... Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper analyses the spatial distribution of economic activity in the European Union at NUTS2 level over the 2001-2010 period. The aim of the study is twofold: (i) to provide descriptive evidence of the agglomeration distribution in Europe and its evolution over time across countries; (ii) to identify the nature of agglomeration and the factors that determine its level, with particular attention paid to the socio-ecological transformation occurring in Europe.Our study concludes that: a) the changes in agglomeration are sensitive to demographic transformations taking place; b) the ecological transformation has a mixed effect, depending on each country; c) significant differences are observed between new and old Member States; the crisis has had a significant influence on agglomeration but only in Western Europe.

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Economies of scope and economies of agglomeration

Cited by 98 publications

References 6 publications

Does Distance Still Matter? Geographic Proximity and New Product Development

Does Distance Still Matter? Geographic Proximity and New Product Development

Zavajajoče dojemanje in gospodarska učinkovitost regionalnega sistema

Agglomeration in Europe in the Context of Socio-Ecological Transition

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