Firm innovation and co-location in Portugal

This paper investigates the geographical distribution and concentration of firms’ innovation persistence and innovation type (product and process) based on three waves of the Portuguese Community Innovation Survey data covering the period 1998–2006. The main findings are: 1) both innovation persistence and innovation type are asymmetrically distributed across Portuguese regions, 2) the degree of correlation between geographical location and innovative output varies with the innovation type, and 3) the correlation between geographical unit and innovation increases when the spatial unit of analysis is narrower. The results suggest that the firms’ choices of geographical location have a long-lasting effect, engendering no equal probabilities of being persistently innovative.

On the length of bank-firm relationships: an empirical application to a major French bank

NIPE - WP 01/ 2016

Xenia orchidacea :Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchideen /von Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach fil.

1858 v. 1

Xenia orchidacea :Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchideen /von Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach fil.

1874 v. 2

Xenia orchidacea :Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orchideen /von Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach fil.

1900 v. 3

Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger : eine Einführung in das Studium der blütenlosen Gewächse für Studierende und Liebhaber / hrsg. von Gustav Lindau.

Bd.IV,pt.3 (1916)

Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger : eine Einführung in das Studium der blütenlosen Gewächse für Studierende und Liebhaber / hrsg. von Gustav Lindau.

Bd.IV,pt.2 (1914)

Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger : eine Einführung in das Studium der blütenlosen Gewächse für Studierende und Liebhaber / hrsg. von Gustav Lindau.

Bd.II,pt.2 (1922)

Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger : eine Einführung in das Studium der blütenlosen Gewächse für Studierende und Liebhaber / hrsg. von Gustav Lindau.

Bd.I (1917)

Kryptogamenflora für Anfänger : eine Einführung in das Studium der blütenlosen Gewächse für Studierende und Liebhaber / hrsg. von Gustav Lindau.

Bd.II,pt.1 (1922)

Physiologische studien von dr. Gustav Woldemar Focke. A. Wirbellose thiere ... I. Polygastrische infusorien.

Hft 2

Physiologische studien von dr. Gustav Woldemar Focke. A. Wirbellose thiere ... I. Polygastrische infusorien.

Hft 1

Measuring sustained superior performance at the firm level

This paper proposes a two-dimensional Strategic Performance Measure (SPM) to evaluate the achievement of sustained superior performance. This proposal builds primarily on the fact that, under the strategic management perspective, a firm's prevalent objective is the pursuit of sustained superior performance. Three basic conceptual dimensions stem from this objective: relativity, sign dependence, and dynamism. These are the foundations of the SPM, which carries out a separate evaluation of the attained superior performance and of its sustainability over time. In contrast to existing measures of performance, the SPM provides: (i) a dynamic approach by considering the progress or regress in performance over time, and (ii) a cardinal measurement of performance differences and its changes over time. The paper also proposes an axiomatic framework that a measure of strategic performance should comply with to be theoretically and managerially sound. Finally, an empirical illustration of the Spanish banking sector during 1987-1999 is herein provided by discussing some relevant cases.

Firm Size and Geographical Aggregation: An Empirical Appraisal in Industrial Location

This paper assesses empirically the importance of size discrimination and disaggregate data for deciding where to locate a start-up concern. We compare three econometric specifications using Catalan data: a multinomial logit with 4 and 41 alternatives (provinces and comarques, respectively) in which firm size is the main covariate; a conditional logit with 4 and 41 alternatives including attributes of the sites as well as size-site interactions; and a Poisson model on the comarques and the full spatial choice set (942 municipalities) with site-specific variables. Our results suggest that if these two issues are ignored, conclusions may be misleading. We provide evidence that large and small firms behave differently and conclude that Catalan firms tend to choose between comarques rather than between municipalities. Moreover, labour-intensive firms seem more likely to be located in the city of Barcelona. Keywords: Catalonia, industrial location, multinomial response model. JEL: C250, E30, R00, R12

A territorial approach to firm entry: The effect of city size

This paper concerns the effects of territorial factors on the processes involved in the creation of manufacturing firms in Spanish cities. Most contributions have focused on regional factors rather than urban ones. Here we assume that it is possible to identify certain urban factors that attract new firms. We use data for the entry of firms in Spanish manufacturing industries between 1994 and 2002. This paper contributes to the existing literature on market entry. Key words: cities, regions, firm entry and Spanish economy. JEL: R0, R12, L60