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Innovative business groups: territory-based industrial policy in Spain creared by Josep-Antoni Ybarra and Rafael Doménech-Sánchez

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: European Urban and Regional Studies ; Volume 19, number 2London: sage, 2012Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 09697764
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HT395 EUR
Online resources: Abstract: Since 2006, Spain has fostered an industrial policy in support of business groups in order to promote the dynamics of innovation at a territorial and sectoral level. This study makes an initial evaluation of the impacts of this policy. The first section describes the scope of the measures in the European context. The second part of the paper discusses the requirements for a business cluster to be considered an innovative agent, as provided by the programme. The criteria for identifying innovative business groups (IBGs), their linkage to the production environment and, likewise, the activities and initiatives pertaining to IBGs are defined in detail. The study concludes with a brief evaluation of the impact of the IBG support programme.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections HT395 EUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol. 19, no. 2 (pages 212-218) SP14896 Not for loan For in house use

Since 2006, Spain has fostered an industrial policy in support of business groups in order to promote the dynamics of innovation at a territorial and sectoral level. This study makes an initial evaluation of the impacts of this policy. The first section describes the scope of the measures in the European context. The second part of the paper discusses the requirements for a business cluster to be considered an innovative agent, as provided by the programme. The criteria for identifying innovative business groups (IBGs), their linkage to the production environment and, likewise, the activities and initiatives pertaining to IBGs are defined in detail. The study concludes with a brief evaluation of the impact of the IBG support programme.

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