Author, as appears in the article.: Arauzo-Carod, Josep-Maria; Segarra-Blasco, Agusti; Teruel, Mercedes;

Department: Economia

URV's Author/s: Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria / Segarra Blasco, Agustí / Teruel Carrizosa, Mercedes

Keywords: Science and technology parks Firm location Firm growth

Abstract: The role of science and technology parks as firm growth boosters: an empirical analysis in Catalonia. Regional Studies. This paper contributes to an understanding of the role played by science and technology parks (STPs) in fostering the growth of firms. Applying a matching procedure, we obtained a database of 170 in-park firms, together with 7190 out-park firms. After applying a fixed-effects quantile regression, the results showed that being located in an STP has a dual effect on firm performance. Although the location in an STP has a positive effect for high-growth firms, it has a negative effect for low-growth firms. Furthermore, among all STPs, the effect for science parks is stronger than that for technological parks.

Thematic Areas: Social sciences (miscellaneous) Social sciences (all) Regional & urban planning Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía General social sciences General environmental science Environmental studies Environmental science (miscellaneous) Environmental science (all) Economics Economia Ciencias sociales Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: agusti.segarra@urv.cat josepmaria.arauzo@urv.cat mercedes.teruel@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-6316-3171 0000-0002-3801-223X 0000-0002-4104-7679

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00343404.2018.1447098

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Regional Studies. 52 (5): 645-658

APA: Arauzo-Carod, Josep-Maria; Segarra-Blasco, Agusti; Teruel, Mercedes; (2018). The role of science and technology parks as firm growth boosters: an empirical analysis in Catalonia.. Regional Studies, 52(5), 645-658. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1447098

Article's DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2018.1447098

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2018

Publication Type: Journal Publications