Encarnación Manresa-Marhuenda

Location in scientific-technological parks, dynamic capabilities, and innovation

ABSTRACT Determining the sources of business success in highly dynamic and turbulent environments is very complicated. A broad consensus exists in this respect about the need to contemplate the innovation as a key element for competitiveness. This reasoning stems from its positive effects on growth and on efficiency, of innovative firms in comparison with non-innovative ones. Geographical location provides a unique and different context and this paper aims to analyse the influence exerted by the territory on dynamic capabilities and, consequently, on business competitiveness. Using a sample of 610 high-technology companies drawn from the Technological Innovation Panel (2012), it is confirmed not only that firms located in scientific-technological parks are more innovative but also that dynamic capabilities play a mediating role in this relationship.

Economías de aglomeración e innovación e innovación de empresas multinacionales localizadas en España

Dadas las actuales exigencias competitivas de un entorno global, la eleccion de una localizacion concreta por parte de las EMNEs no solo responde a la busqueda de nuevos mercados sino tambien de conocimientos externos que favorezcan la innovacion y su adaptacion local. Ello explica que algunas de estas empresas elijan como emplazamiento lugares caracterizados por un mayor nivel de concentracion empresarial. Sin embargo, en ultima instancia, el acceso y el aprovechamiento del conocimiento externo depende de la habilidad de cada compania 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.