Industrial clusters as drivers of revealed technological advantages of regions: the case of the Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industries
by Cyril Cudré-Mauroux; Philippe Gugler
European J. of International Management (EJIM), Vol. 21, No. 3, 2023

Abstract: Clusters, since Marshall, have been identified as drivers of productivity because of the specialisation of the companies that form these clusters. Given that the productivity and competitiveness of firms is strongly dependent on their innovative capabilities, particular attention has been devoted to the role of clusters as facilitators of innovation. Our hypothesis states that industrial clusters, reflecting labour specialisation, induce regional technological advantages reflecting innovation specialisation. Cluster mapping is mainly reliant on the Location Quotient (LQ), as an indicator of relative specialisation based on employment data. The Revealed Technological Advantage (RTA) reflects the innovative specialisation of industries located in a specific region. The objective of this paper is to compare the LQ with the RTA in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries within the Swiss territory. The correlation analysis reveals a strong positive relationship between the two indicators. However, when considering only the chemical industry, the result is not statistically significant.

Online publication date: Fri, 06-Oct-2023

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