Rutger Kroes’s research while affiliated with National University of Ireland, Maynooth and other places

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Figure 1: Illustration of industry concentration
Figure 2: Creating discrete areas of overlapping labour fields
Figure 3: Substantial industry concentrations based on CI index per county (left); industry concentrations based on LQ (right)
Figure 4: Application of three methodologies to medical devices industry
Figure 5: Application of three methodologies to pharmaceuticals industry

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A measure for identifying substantial geographic concentrations
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July 2016

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Papers in Regional Science

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Justin Gleeson

en Regional industrial policy emphasizes the notion of building on existing concentrations of competitive firms. A range of measures to identify such concentrations has been put forward in the literature. These measures, however, do not identify substantial concentrations which have the best potential for further development, tend to concentrate on scale measured by employment, and are applied using data for pre‐specified administrative boundaries. This paper presents a new concentration index that identifies substantial concentrations and utilizes information on both the number and size of plants. It also proposes a method for generating relevant industry‐specific spatial units. Resumen es La política industrial regional hace hincapié en la noción de construir sobre las concentraciones existentes de empresas competitivas. En la literatura se ha presentado una serie de medidas para identificar tales concentraciones. Estas medidas, sin embargo, no identifican las concentraciones sustanciales que tienen el mejor potencial para un mayor desarrollo, tienden a concentrarse en la escala (medida por el empleo), y se aplican utilizando datos para límites administrativos especificados de antemano. Este artículo presenta un nuevo índice de concentración que identifica concentraciones sustanciales y utiliza información sobre el número y el tamaño de las plantas industriales. También propone un método para generar unidades espaciales relevantes específicas para la industria. 抄録 ja 地域の産業政策は、競争力のある既存の企業の集積を拡大する意図を強調している。この集積を同定する様々な方法が論文で提唱されている。しかしながら、これらの方法は将来発展する可能性が最も高い大きな集積を識別せず、従業員数で測る規模に注目しており、予め設定された行政区域のデータを使用するときに適用できる。本稿では、大きな集積を識別し工場の数と規模の両方の情報を利用する新しい集積指数を提案する。また、重要な産業に特異的な空間単位を作り出す方法も提案する。


Mapping the Potential for All-island Sectoral Ecosystems
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September 2015

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... There is a clear contribution to the decision-making process on the location of future facilities, diversification of the national electricity matrix, and increase of energy security and efficiency in the country. When analyzing industrial concentration, its identification is frequently based on geographic concentration and industrial-specific indices [34]. Despite the importance of sugarcane bagasse bioelectricity, no studies were found on the allocation of productive resources (e.g., funding, specialized labor), which could lead to higher productive efficiency, sustainable local development, and generate jobs and income [35]. ...

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Supply of bioelectricity from sugarcane bagasse in Brazil: a space–time analysis
A measure for identifying substantial geographic concentrations
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  • July 2016

Papers in Regional Science

... However, the regional economy is slowly restructuring with a shift to more modern manufacturing and technology sectors as well as a growth in employment in foreign and indigenous companies, including in a number of competitive enterprises established by serial entrepreneurs. The region is now cultivating economic clusters in engineering, medical devices, pharmaceutical, financial services, information and communication technology (ICT) and the agrifood sectors (Table 2) (Morgenroth et al., 2015). ...

Mapping the Potential for All-island Sectoral Ecosystems