Does the Location in Science and Technology Parks Foster the Employment Growth of Firms?

One of the main objectives of science and technology parks (STPs) is to contribute to regional development through the creation of skilled jobs in the territory where they are located. However, despite the expansion of these infrastructures over the last decades and the governmental support they rec...

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Autores: Martins, Júlio Paulo da Silva, Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús, Rodeiro-Pazos, David, Ríos Rodríguez, Raúl
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
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spelling Does the Location in Science and Technology Parks Foster the Employment Growth of Firms?Martins, Júlio Paulo da SilvaRodríguez-Gulías, María JesúsRodeiro-Pazos, DavidRíos Rodríguez, RaúlOne of the main objectives of science and technology parks (STPs) is to contribute to regional development through the creation of skilled jobs in the territory where they are located. However, despite the expansion of these infrastructures over the last decades and the governmental support they receive, there is very little empirical evidence on how these infrastructures affect the employment growth of the firms located there. The aim of this paper is to examine whether the location in STPs has positive effects on employment growth at the firm level. We analysed a sample of 553 Portuguese firms located on STPs and a control group of the same size of comparable firms located outside STPs, applying a dynamic panel data model methodology. The empirical evidence does not allow to prove that location in STPs has positive effects on employment growth, which raises the need to rethink the policies supporting these parksSpringerUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Economía AplicadaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Economía Financeira e Contabilidade20232023-08-1920232023-08-19journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10347/31241reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© The Author(s) 2023. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were madehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/312412026-06-15T12:47:27Z
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title_short Does the Location in Science and Technology Parks Foster the Employment Growth of Firms?
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Rodríguez-Gulías, María Jesús
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