Essays on industrial clusters: Smart Specialization Strategy and regional resilience

dc.contributor
Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
dc.contributor.author
Zárate Mirón, Viviana Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned
2022-07-26T14:05:26Z
dc.date.available
2022-07-26T14:05:26Z
dc.date.issued
2022-07-07
dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/675013
dc.description
Programa de Doctorat en Economia
en_US
dc.description.abstract
Three papers integrate the thesis. Each one has its hypotheses and methodology related to the study of industrial cluster. Paper 1: The concept of clusters has been popularized over the last two decades, mainly through the work of Michael Porter. A question that has arisen recently in relation to cluster theory is whether it can be complemented with Smart Specialization Strategies (S3). This study applies data envelopment analysis (DEA) to the Mexican economy to evaluate three effects: 1) whether the kind of policies envisaged through a S3 strategy has an impact on the efficiency of Mexican clusters; 2) whether this impact changes with the technological intensity of the clusters; 3) to what extent such impact is related to the technological intensity of the cluster. The results show that strategies following the S3 had a significant impact in all clusters, but when clusters were classified by technological intensity, the impact on efficiency is higher in clusters in the medium low-tech group. According to the results in the DEA, we can conclude that these S3 strategies have the potential to increase the clusters’ productivity significantly. Paper 2: This paper evaluates the role of cluster strength on regional resilience. Previous literature shows that the industrial composition of a region measured with variables such as specialization, diversity and related and unrelated variety, is a crucial determinant of resilience. In our case, we aggregate cluster-level data into several indicators of regional cluster strength to proxy different aspects of the cluster portfolio of a region. Specifically, we consider the role of the presence of strong clusters in a regional economy as well as the mix of clusters in which the region has a robust importance. On the one hand, we assume that the agglomeration forces arising in regions specialized in certain clusters could mitigate the effect of recessions. However, these strong industrial linkages may increase the diffusion of the economic shock from one industry to the rest. To check which of the two forces dominates, we consider the resilience of the U.S. states over the Great Recession and a cluster definition that group traded industries in 51 clusters. Our findings suggest that the presence of a portfolio of strong clusters allows mitigating economic shocks. Paper 3: This paper evaluates the role of regional cluster composition on resilience. Previous literature shows that industrial composition, measured with variables like related and unrelated variety, is one of the main determinants of resilience. In our case, we describe industrial composition with measures of cluster specialization and cluster diversity. We expect these measures have a similar effect on resilience than the ones of related and unrelated variety. We assume cluster specialization increases resilience for regions with high innovation, and cluster diversity positively impacts on resilience for regions with low innovation. Furthermore, we assume that cluster specialization make the regions less vulnerable in the short term (adaptation resilience stage), meanwhile, cluster diversity has a more long-term effect on resilience (adaptability resilience stage). To test our hypotheses, we consider the resilience of the U.S. states overs the Great Recession and a cluster definition that group traded industries in 51 clusters. Our findings confirm that the effect of clusters specialization and diversity on resilience depends on the innovation level of the region. Furthermore, these effects are effective in different stages of the resilience process, adaptation and adaptability. These finding have crucial implication for the design of cluster policies as an instrument to make regions less vulnerable to external shocks.
en_US
dc.format.extent
183 p.
en_US
dc.format.mimetype
application/pdf
dc.language.iso
eng
en_US
dc.publisher
Universitat de Barcelona
dc.rights.license
ADVERTIMENT. Tots els drets reservats. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. No s'autoritza la seva reproducció o altres formes d'explotació efectuades amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva comunicació pública des d'un lloc aliè al servei TDX. Tampoc s'autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant als continguts de la tesi com als seus resums i índexs.
dc.source
TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)
dc.subject
Economia regional
en_US
dc.subject
Economía regional
en_US
dc.subject
Regional economics
en_US
dc.subject
Productivitat
en_US
dc.subject
Productividad
en_US
dc.subject
Productivity
en_US
dc.subject
Gestió de la innovació
en_US
dc.subject
Gestión de la innovación
en_US
dc.subject
Innovation management
en_US
dc.subject
Sistemes productius locals
en_US
dc.subject
Sistemas productivos locales
en_US
dc.subject
Industrial clusters
en_US
dc.subject.other
Ciències Jurídiques, Econòmiques i Socials
en_US
dc.title
Essays on industrial clusters: Smart Specialization Strategy and regional resilience
en_US
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.subject.udc
332
en_US
dc.contributor.director
Moreno Serrano, Rosina
dc.contributor.director
Paluzie, Elisenda
dc.contributor.tutor
Moreno Serrano, Rosina
dc.embargo.terms
cap
en_US
dc.rights.accessLevel
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess


Documentos

VEZM_PhD_THESIS.pdf

3.357Mb PDF

Este ítem aparece en la(s) siguiente(s) colección(ones)