scholarly journals The dynamics of industrial geographic distribution: evidence from Brazil (2002-2014)

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 760-781
Author(s):  
ROBERTA DE MORAES ROCHA ◽  
JOSÉ EWERTON SILVA ARAÚJO
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Concentration Index ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Agglomeration Economies ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Industrial Concentration ◽  
Industrial Employment ◽  
Technological Intensity ◽  
Technology Industries ◽  
High Technology Industries

ABSTRACT The geographical distribution of Brazilian industries changed between 2002 and 2014, and it was more significant for some industries. Based on Dumais et al. (2002), we explore the dynamics of these changes by a decomposition of the employment variation and concentration index for manufacturing industries grouped by technological intensity, and we identify the direction of the locational movements of the firms among microregions. In general., the results indicate that between 2002 and 2014, there was a trend of convergence among the microregions’ participation in industrial employment, contributing to industrial deconcentration in the country, with the exception of the group of high-technology industries, which became more concentrated. Components of the life cycle of industries, especially the growth of employment generated by new industries in non-metropolitan microregions, are identified as main propelling of this evidence. In general., the results are consistent with the importance of agglomeration economies over historic accidents to explain the industrial concentration in Brazil between 2002 and 2014.

A Benchmarking Study on Organizational Creativity Practices in High Technology Industries

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Fernando Sousa ◽  
Ileana Monteiro
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Creative People ◽  
Organizational Creativity ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
Budget Reductions ◽  
Technology Industries ◽  
High Technology Industries ◽  
Innovation Policies

Twenty two interviews were conducted with top management in these organizations. The interviews were made by telephone addressing specific strategies in three domains: creative management, creative people management, and creativity management. Results indicate that high technology organizations, dependent upon financial support, do not seem to concentrate on corporate innovation, and do not have alternatives to budget reductions made in R&D, due to the present financial crisis, in order to innovate. The remaining companies provided several suggestions as to the way corporate innovation systems can be built and sustained within the framework of the future European innovation policies, devoted to workforce development, the service sector and the SMEs.

scholarly journals The Impact of Experience on Private Target Acquisition in High-Technology Industries

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Jo ◽  
Jungho Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Target Acquisition ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Technology Industries ◽  
High Technology Industries

This paper investigates the impact of an acquirer’s experience on the acquisition of private firms (i.e., private target acquisition) in high-technology industries by analyzing a dataset of NASDAQ-listed firms operating in information technology (IT) industries. Specifically, this paper examines whether two types of experience (i.e., early venture capital (VC)-backed experience and prior mergers and acquisitions (M&A) experience) matter to the acquisition. We find that both types of experience have positive effects on private target acquisition, while only prior M&A experience positively influences public target acquisition, implying that early VC-backed experience is effective in mitigating information asymmetry related to private target acquisition and exploring opportunities for value creation. We also find that an acquirer’s growth performance and absorptive capacity prior to the acquisition enhance the positive effects of the experiences on private target acquisition.

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