The regional firm density and the growth of firms in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry
| dc.contributor.author | Vaz, Rolando | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-23T10:22:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-23T10:22:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-05-16 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on the relationship between the regional firm density and the growth of firms in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry to investigate how their geographic clustering influences said growth. Despite the concentration of this industry in the Northern region of Portugal in only four poles, our results show that the location of firms in the cluster is not relevant for growth when the whole industry is considered. However, disaggregate analysis shows that the clothing industry does exhibit both location externalities and cross-location effect, while textile manufacture exhibits neither. In addition, our empirical evidence reveals that the growth of firms located in the cluster is positively correlated with external finance. This result suggests that location becomes a solvency signal for firms, and, specifically, this might help to explain why textile manufacturers firms are located in the cluster. These findings are relevant for entrepreneurs and Portuguese policymakers, as it jeopardizes the optimal allocation of scarce resources in the Portuguese textile cluster. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Vaz, R. (2024). The regional firm density and the growth of firms in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry. Revista Galega de Economía = Galician Journal of Economics (RGE/GJE), 33(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.15304/rge.33.3.8983. Repositório Institucional UPT. https://hdl.handle.net/11328/5648 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2255-5951 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1132-2799 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11328/5648 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://doi.org/10.15304/rge.33.3.8983 | |
| dc.rights | open access | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | External funding | |
| dc.subject | Firm growth | |
| dc.subject | Location effects | |
| dc.subject | Portuguese textile industry | |
| dc.subject | Textile cluster | |
| dc.subject.fos | Ciências Sociais - Economia e Gestão | |
| dc.title | The regional firm density and the growth of firms in the Portuguese textile and clothing industry | |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 24 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Revista Galega de Economía = Galician Journal of Economics (RGE/GJE) | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 33 | |
| person.affiliation.name | REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies | |
| person.familyName | Vaz | |
| person.givenName | Rolando | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 4217-98A3-0FA8 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-3218-3975 | |
| person.identifier.rid | ACQ-0132-2022 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 57224971781 | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication | 9eac1d12-b75f-4439-a309-f23ab854ef86 | |
| relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery | 9eac1d12-b75f-4439-a309-f23ab854ef86 |
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