Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Territory in Traditional Manufacturing Sectors.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the most recent entrepreneurial territorial dynamics traditional manufacturing sectors (TMS) have experienced. Some of the key structural features (location and subsector) of 3032 Spanish textile companies created between 2000 and 2009 were studied. The results of the analysis show that the evolution was negative, especially in regions with an industrial district/cluster and less technology-intensive subsectors. Therefore, due to geographical concentration and productive specialization, this evolution is causing an important spatial reorganization of the TMS over the different Spanish regions.