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Valencia, España
Este trabajo analiza la eficiencia técnica de las empresas manufactureras españolas para el período 2004-2009. Las empresas ubicadas en regiones del noreste muestran niveles más altos de I + D, pagan salarios más altos y presentan mayor tamaño que las empresas ubicadas en regiones meridionales u occidentales. Las empresas más grandes, se relacionan con los niveles más altos de I + D y mayores costes laborales. Los resultados obtenidos con la metodología frontera estocástica nos permiten analizar aspectos claves en la eficiencia. Los resultados verifican que empresas manufactureras del noreste tienen mayor nivel de eficiencia técnica que las ubicadas en el sudoeste.
This paper analyses the technical efficiency of manufacturing firms located in different regions of Spain for the period 2004-2009. Spanish manufacturing firms were grouped using cluster methods. Firms located in north-eastern regions such as Catalonia or the Basque Country show higher levels of R&D, pay higher wages, and are larger than firms located in southern or western regions such as Andalusia or Extremadura. Furthermore, we found that larger firms with more than 500 workers are grouped with the highest levels of R&D, the highest labour costs, and the largest size in terms of number of workers. The results obtained with the Stochastic Frontier methodology allow us toanalyse the parameters for those regions whose firms are more efficient. The results reinforce the idea of north-east manufacturing firms a higher level of technical efficiency with respect to those firms located in the south-west.
