En la década de los años treinta el proceso de industrialización en México tomó un mayor ritmo de crecimiento, en donde el gobierno federal buscó su expansión por medio de la implementación de diferentes políticas y programas de fomento, principalmente de parques industriales, sin...

This paper examines the size o inter-regional wage dispersion in Portugal. For this purpose, we estimate a Mincer-type human capital wage equation, including controls for a large number of regions, and calculate a weighted and adjusted standard deviation (WASD) of inter-regional wage...

This study analyses how the Spanish fish canning sector is principally located in Galicia, specifically in Vigo Estuary. Its origin is investigated and the main features of the canning sector are studied. The conclusion is that during the first decade of the 20th century there was a...

Se presentan algunos modelos econometricos de las regiones españolas para analizar la distribucion del turismo, hotelero y extrahotelero a nivel regional y provincial de España en 1991-95. El enfoque resulta novedoso al incluir el estudio del turismo extra-hotelero que tiene en muchos casos...

This paper analyses the relationship between entrepreneurship and the external environment of firms. Entrepreneurship is approximated by start-ups in four industries, namely manufacturing, commerce, services and tourism. Agglomeration economies and state incentives to promote entrepreneurship at...

Este articulo analiza varios indicadores de actividad turistica en 100 regiones de 12 paises de la Union Europea durante el periodo 1990-2000. Analizamos las posiciones que las distintas regiones ocupan en el ranking de indicadores de turismo hotelero y extra-hotelero. Consideramos que ambos...

The objective of this paper is to analyse the environmental impacts of a regional economy (Aragon, Spain) by way of its atmospheric emissions. Our starting point is the construction of a Social Accounting Matrix with Environmental Accounts for this region. We calculated environmental indicators...

The creative class theory suggests that society is composed of three social classes: the creative class, the service class, the working class, a different view or classification of the workforce. The boundaries separating the creative class from the upper ruling class and the lower working class...

Studying family companies which have carried out their activities throughout the years is a way to analyse the innovation process and to show the role of these companies in the spatial development and industrial location. This article deals with Salvador Massó e Hijos from its creation in 1883...