Resumen de Economías de aglomeración e innovación e innovación de empresas multinacionales localizadas en España / Agglomeration economies and innovation of MNES located in Spain

Bartolomé Marco Lajara, Enrique Claver Cortés, Encarnación Manresa Marhuenda, Eduardo Sánchez García

• español

  Dadas las actuales exigencias competitivas de un entorno global, la elección de una localización concreta por parte de las EMNEs no sólo responde a la búsqueda de nuevos mercados sino también de conocimientos externos que favorezcan la innovación y su adaptación local. Ello explica que algunas de estas empresas elijan como emplazamiento lugares caracterizados por un mayor nivel de concentración empresarial. Sin embargo, en última instancia, el acceso y el aprovechamiento del conocimiento externo depende de la habilidad de cada compañía para participar de las redes en las que se crea y comparte dicho conocimiento.Given the current competitive demands of each time more global environment, the choice of a specific location by multinational companies not only responds to the search for new markets but also of external knowledge which encourages innovation and local adaptation. This explains the fact that some of these companies choose as location, places characterized by a higher level of business concentration despite the high risk of being imitated. Ultimately, however, the access to and the use of external knowledge depends on the ability of each company to participate in the networks where knowledge is created and shared; depending also on the capacity of the firm to apply it in innovation of products, processes, organizational and/or commercial practices. Results show the differences between foreign and local companies.

• English

  Given the current competitive demands of each time more global environment, the choice of a specific location by multinational companies not only responds to the search for new markets but also of external knowledge which encourages innovation and local adaptation. This explains the fact that some of these companies choose as location, places characterized by a higher level of business concentration despite the high risk of being imitated. Ultimately, however, the access to and the use of external knowledge depends on the ability of each company to participate in the networks where knowledge is created and shared;

  depending also on the capacity of the firm to apply it in innovation of products, processes, organizational and/or commercial practices. Results show the differences between foreign and local companies.