@article{9d542605ab024f7e9b400d03794686b1,
title = "Spatial agglomeration, innovation and firm survival for Italian manufacturing firms",
abstract = "The innovativeness of a firm not only improves its own survival chances but also can generate externalities on its neighbouring firms. We empirically examine the role of agglomeration economies in how innovativeness affects firm survival in southern Italy, using spatial weights to model spillovers. Spatial Durbin probit model estimates confirm that innovation is an important determinant of firm survival, not only for firms that are themselves innovative but also for those located close to other innovative firms. Adequate definitions of spatial scale and spatial weights are important. Spillover benefits are enhanced by agglomeration economies, but only at a very local scale.",
keywords = "C21, C41, D22, L20, O3, firm survival, innovation, southern Italian SMEs, spatial models, spillovers",
author = "Arnab Bhattacharjee and Ornella Maietta and Fernanda Mazzotta",
note = "Funding Information: The paper is dedicated to the fond and loving memory of Ornella Maietta, who died while the first draft of the paper was being prepared. The authors thank the editor-in-chief, two anonymous referees and the editorial board for their encouraging, constructive and challenging comments that helped us to improve the paper substantially. In particular, careful attention to survey sampling issues and reorganization of theory and empirical literature owes much to their helpful guidance. The paper has also benefited from comments made by the participants at the 60th Annual Conference of the Italian Economic Association (Societ{\`a} Italiana di Economia) in 2019. Together, the authors are grateful to Franco Giordano and Gianluigi Coppola for help with understanding the survey design, and Taps Maiti for discussions on subsampling and superpopulation models in survey sampling, as well as Roberto Basile, Sean Holly and Cristina Tealdi for many helpful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Regional Studies Association.",
year = "2023",
month = jul,
day = "3",
doi = "10.1080/17421772.2023.2176538",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
pages = "318--345",
journal = "Spatial Economic Analysis",
issn = "1742-1772",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}