This paper analyses and compares the dynamics of agglomeration in Portuguese and Irish manufacturing industries between … agglomeration in both countries. When the aggregate concentration changes are decomposed into portions attributable to the different … into the early stages of the life cycle, whereas deaths have acted to reinforce agglomeration in both countries …

natural advantages can be important determinants of agglomeration. …

of agglomeration effects on growth prospects of firms is less clear. Because of the heterogeneity of industries …, different agglomeration mechanisms, or the way how industrial clusters are identified and spatially delimited, the conclusions … separately. Therefore, for each firm a micro-geographically defined agglomeration measure is calculated, which is free of the …

-geographically defined agglomeration measures, free of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP), are used to study 23 industries. The spatial … impacts of agglomeration of related economic and knowledge generating activities are examined by using travel time distances … prospects tend to be hampered by the agglomeration of own-industry employment, but improved by proximate scientific activity …