Different patterns of knowledge spillovers mechanisms in two Mexican localities
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De Fuentes, Claudia
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Several papers from different bodies of literature have analyzed the knowledge spillover
mechanisms from large firms, mainly multinational corporations (MNC), to local firms.
However, most of them have not analyzed the differences within a sector or locality; they
have neither compared the specific patterns of knowledge spillover mechanisms in two different localities. This can be explained to the difficulty to obtain databases to compare the same phenomenon in two different localities. The aim of this paper is to identify the
most important knowledge spillover mechanisms within the same sector in two different
localities. Particularly this study analyzes the machining sector industry located in
Querétaro and Ciudad Juárez, México. To identify the variables that can explain the
knowledge spillover mechanisms we perform a multivariate analysis, using principal factor
techniques. To identify the main knowledge spillover mechanisms and to explore their
importance within the two localities we built a structural equation analysis. This paper
argues the existence of different patterns of knowledge spillovers mechanisms in the
localities analyzed. The productive arrangement, the main characteristics of SME´s and
some characteristics specific to the context can explain the different patterns observed.
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2008-09
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