THE INTRAMETROPOLITAN DISTRIBUTION OF R&amp;D ACTIVITIES: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE*

Sivitanidou, Rena; Sivitanides, Petros

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9787.1995.tb01411.x

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“…Malecki (1984), Markussen et al (1985) e Angel (1989) relacionam a densidade econômica urbana com a atração de cientistas e tecnólogos para determinadas áreas. Por sua vez, Sivitanidou & Sivitanides (1995) utilizam variáveis relacionadas às chamadas amenidades urbanas -segundo Gotlieb (1995:1413) "(...) amenities may be defined as place-specific goods or services that enter the utility functions of residents directly" -para o estudo da distribuição espacial intrametropolitana de atividades de P&D para os Estados Unidos. Frankel (2001) avalia a localização de firmas de alta tecnologia concluindo que o "milieu productif" exerce influência destacada nesta localização, enfatizando tanto o papel da infraestrutura como o dos serviços financeiros e da própria densidade urbana relacionada à aglomeração econômica regional.…”

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A Distribuição Espacial da Produção Científica e Tecnológica Brasileira: uma Descrição de Estatísticas de Produção Local de Patentes e Artigos Científicos

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Tomando como unidade de análise o município, o objetivo deste artigo é descrever a distribuição espacial das atividades científicas e tecnológicas no Brasil, a partir de estatísticas de patentes, artigos científicos e pesquisadores. A hipótese básica é que a relação produção científica versus produção tecnológica deve ser mediada por dimensões da análise econômica que contemplem tanto as variáveis diretamente relacionadas ao sistema de inovação como também seus determinantes espaciais. Para isto, são realizados alguns exercícios estatísticos, tais como o cálculo de Coeficientes de Gini para a produção científica tecnológica; análise de uma Matriz de Associação Geográfica e uma Análise de Regressão.

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A Distribuição Espacial da Produção Científica e Tecnológica Brasileira: uma Descrição de Estatísticas de Produção Local de Patentes e Artigos Científicos

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“…Recent evidence produced by Cervero (2001) relating to productivity of firms in sub-districts in the San Francisco Bay area reinforces these findings. Other work has looked at the within-metropolitan variation of real estate rents for R&D property, arguing that they reflect locational preferences of firms and their employees (Sivitanidou and Sivitanides 1995). This has shown the role of production and consumption factors as significant determinants of intra-urban high tech location.…”

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Do high technology agglomerations encourage urban sprawl?

Felsenstein¹

2002

The Annals of Regional Science

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Abstract. This paper looks at the impact of high technology employment concentrations on urban sprawl. A methodology for translating spatial employment patterns, into place of residence patterns, is presented. On this basis, the consumption of land at the urban fringe due to both residential and nonresidential uses, is estimated. The method is tested empirically using data relating to the two main outer suburban agglomerations of high technology activity in the Chicago metropolitan area. Two counter-factual situations are simulated. The first relates to a spatial counter-factual whereby the high tech concentrations develop in the city of Chicago or within the inner suburbs. The second presents an industry counter-factual that estimates the land consumption impacts arising from the development of an alternative industrial concentration in the same location. The results of the actual and hypothetical cases are compared. They point to a considerable saving in acreage in all alternative scenarios. Some policy implications are highlighted.

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“…Studies on the more local aspects of R&D activities have been rare, a notable exception, however, being that by Sivitanidou and Sivitanides (1995) who studied the geography of R&D labs within greater Los Angeles. They distinguished production amenities (for example, proximity to local universities), worker amenities (appreciated by the highly qualified workforce), and local institutional constraints related to zoning.…”

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“…In knowledge-oriented activities such as R&D, qualified labour is obviously of great importance (see, for example, Davelaar, 1991;Sivitanidou and Sivitanides, 1995). This has implications both for the required level of supply of highly qualified workers and for the quality of the environmental amenities in a region.…”

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The Geography of R&D: Tobit Analysis and a Bayesian Approach to Mapping R&D Activities in the Netherlands

Ouwersloot

Rietveld²

2000

Environ Plan A

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IntroductionOne of the key factors in economic development is technological innovation: the introduction of new or improved production techniques, products, and services. This is usually preceded by an intensive process of research and development (R&D). In this paper we address the spatial aspects of R&D activity.One might argue that the spatial aspects of R&D are not so important because R&D is only an input to the innovation process. The location where R&D takes place is not necessarily the place where the new products will be produced or where the new production techniques will be applied. In large firms, one may indeed observe clear distinctions between those locations where R&D and those where actual production takes place (see, for example, Chapman and Walker, 1992). And, in many cases, firms do not carry out the R&D themselves but simply buy improved products which have been developed by other firms. In this case`innovation' just means the adoption of new production techniques, or new products developed and produced at places that may be located anywhere in the world. Thus, the economic benefits of R&D have spatial distribution patterns that are not necessarily connected to the spatial distribution of R&D itself. Yet, the spatial aspects of R&D are important for at least two reasons. First, R&D is important as an economic activity per se. The long-run trend towards a knowledge economy (Malecki, 1991;Suarez-Villa, 1996) means that a substantial part of value added is created in this type of activity. In addition, although in large firms there is often a separation between R&D and production activities, such a separation is not always absolute. In smaller firms R&D and production take place at the same location. Successful R&D may then have a large impact on the development of the area involved.R&D-oriented firms offer well-paid jobs, are generally considered to produce little environmental nuisance, and are expected to have positive growth perspectives. Therefore it is no surprise that many regional and local governments are interested in attracting R&D-oriented firms to their area (see Camagni, 1991;Howells, 1984;Miller

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THE INTRAMETROPOLITAN DISTRIBUTION OF R&D ACTIVITIES: THEORY AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE*

Cited by 26 publications

References 52 publications

A Distribuição Espacial da Produção Científica e Tecnológica Brasileira: uma Descrição de Estatísticas de Produção Local de Patentes e Artigos Científicos

A Distribuição Espacial da Produção Científica e Tecnológica Brasileira: uma Descrição de Estatísticas de Produção Local de Patentes e Artigos Científicos

Do high technology agglomerations encourage urban sprawl?

The Geography of R&D: Tobit Analysis and a Bayesian Approach to Mapping R&D Activities in the Netherlands

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