Marshall's versus Jacobs' Externalities in Firm Innovation Performance: The Case of French Industry

• Published in: Regional studies 2015-11, Vol.49 (11), p.1840-1858
• Main Authors: Galliano, Danielle, Magrini, Marie-Benoît, Triboulet, Pierre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Agglomeration economies; Agglomerationsökonomien; Cociente de localización; Diversification; Diversification in industry; Economías de aglomeración; Employment; Empresas con varias filiales; Environmental Sciences; Externalidades espaciales; Externalities; Externality; Externalités spatiales; Firmen mit mehreren Niederlassungen; Firmes multi-établissements; France; Französische Industrie; French industry; Humanities and Social Sciences; Indexes; Industria francesa; Industrial enterprises; Industrie française; Innovación; Innovation; Innovations; Life Sciences; Location; Location of industry; Location quotient; Multiunit firms; Quotient de localisation; Räumliche Externalitäten; Spatial discrimination; Spatial externalities; Specialization; Standortquotient; Studies; Économies d'agglomération; 创新; 区位商数; 多单位企业; 法国工业; 空间外部性; 聚集经济
• ISSN: 0034-3404; 1360-0591
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.950561

Galliano D., Magrini M.-B. and Triboulet P. Marshall's versus Jacobs' externalities in firm innovation performance: the case of French industry, Regional Studies. This paper analyses the influence of different types of spatial externalities related to the location of firms on their innovation performance and how those externalities combine in the territories with regard to the Marshall-Jacobs dichotomy. The originality of this study also lies in the consideration of a larger definition of the firm, one that takes into account the location of all its units. Based on a dataset of French industrial firms and specific indicators to evaluate the specialization and/or diversification of the employment zones, the impacts of the spatial profile of the firm on its innovation performance are tested.