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Economic Analysis of the

Municipalities in the B-30 Area1

Bellaterra, February 2012

Economic Analysis of the Municipalities in the B-30 Area

Editor:

Joan Trullén

Research team:

Vittorio Galletto, Marc Fíguls, Sandra Aguilera

GIS technician:

Francesc Coll

Language adviser:

Àlex Tarradellas

Bellaterra, February 2012

Institut d’Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona

iermb@uab.cat

www.iermb.uab.cat

Study sponsored by Sabadell City Council with the support of Barcelona Provincial Council The complete study is available at: http://www.b30i.cat/B30/p/documents_cat.asp

1 The IRMB study covers 25 municipalities based on academic criteria.

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ABSTRACT2

1. The B30 municipalities specialise in industrial activities compared to their counterparts

in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR). Relative specialisation is increasing in

manufacturing electronic materials and manufacturing radio, television and

communications equipment and appliances, while it is falling in textile industries.

2. Knowledge-intensive companies in B30 municipalities are largely to be found in

Terrassa, the Sabadell-Barberà-Cerdanyola agglomeration and Sant Cugat. Knowledge-

intensive manufacturing activities are concentrated at both ends of the B-30 (Martorell

and Granollers). Hence the crucial role played by the B-30 toll-free motorway, although

the C-58 toll-free motorway is also a key factor.

3. In terms of innovation indicators, indicators of future potential include:

- The B30 municipalities accounted for almost half (48%) of R&D spending in the BMR

between 2005 and 2007.

- The B30 area accounted for around 25% of Spanish and European patents and utility

models in the BMR in the period 2004-2006.

- The presence of several universities (including the AUB and UPC) explains the B30’s

high proportion of BMR scientific articles (22%) published between 2004 and 2006.

Map 1. B30 municipalities in the IERMB study

Source: IERMB

2 Extract from the study by the Institut d'Estudis Regionals i Metropolitans de Barcelona (IERM) in order to quantify the main economic indicators and trends in the area surrounding the B-30 toll-free motorway.

----- BMR border ----- BMA border ----- Municipal border

B-30 municipalities

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Map 4. B30 municipalities in the Barcelona-Lyon mega-region, 1992 and 2007.

Source: IERMB

B-30 municipalities Barcelona-Lyon mega-region Catalonia

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Knowledge economy

Evolution of knowledge-intensive employment

B30 municipalities

Figure 8. SSGS affiliates by knowledge-intensive industry, B30 municipalities

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Source: authors’ own compilation using data from Catalan Govt. Department of Employment, SSSS MTI

and Eurostat

Figure 9. SSGS affiliates by high knowledge-intensive groups, B30 municipalities

Source: authors’ own compilation using data from Catalan Govt. Department of Employment, SSSS MTI

and Eurostat

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Manufactures alta tecnologia Manufactures mitja‐alta tecnologia

Serveis alta tecnologia Serveis de mercat

Serveis financers Altres serveis

High knowledge Low knowledge

Workers

---- High-tech manufacturing ---- High-tech services ---- Financial services ---- Medium-to-high tech manufacturing ---- Market services ---- Other services

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Location of most knowledge-intensive companies

Map 11. High knowledge-intensive companies, B30 municipalities, 2009

Source: authors’ own compilation using data from the Business Register Innovation process output indicators

Sector High intensity

manufacturing Medium-high intensity

manufacturing High technology services Other services Market services Financial services

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Map 40. Biotech, high-tech and ICT patents. Cumulative 2001-2006

Patents Biotech

Patents High‐Tech

Patents TIC

Patents Biotech

Patents High‐Tech

Patents TIC

Patents Biotech

Patents High‐Tech

Patents TIC

Source: authors’ own compilation using data from OEPM, OEB and WIPO

Quantification of innovation and creativity in B30 municipalities

Innovation process input indicators

Table 13. Innovation process input indicators, BMR and B30, 2007–2009. BMR B30 % B30 Company R&D expenditure (thousand euro, 2005–2007)

3,836,708 1,845,893 48%

Number of CDTI Projects (1996–2006) 2,785 885 32% ACCIÓ grants (euro) 94,550,738 30,334,393 32% PROFIT Programme grants (euro) 24,962,865 7,571,464 30% PROFIT Programme loans (euro) 128,835,038 55,084,396 43% Number of Innovative Business Groupings

19 3 16%

Source: IERMB

Innovation process output indicators

Table 14. Innovation process output indicators, BMR and B30, 2004–2006* BMR B30 % B30 Number of utility models applied for at the OEPM 1,717 440 26% Number of patents applied for at the OEPM 1,219 295 24% Number of European patents applied for at the EPO

1,314 316 24%

Number of PCT and WIPO international patents 400 126 32% Total sum of patents and utility models 4,650 1,177 25% Weighted sum of patents and utility models 1,746 437 25% Number of industrial designs applied for at the OEPM

2,106 306 15%

Number of trademarks applied for at the OEPM 28,813 4,476 16% Number of international trademarks applied for 1,552 312 20%

Biotech patents High-tech patents

manufacturing ICT patents

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at the OHMI * Note: Spanish patents are ones registered at the Spanish Patent Office (OEPM), European patents those registered at the European Office (EPO), international patents those registered as PCT by the OEPM and WIPO. The direct sum of the various types of patents and utility models may hide differences in the quality of the innovation so an indicator that approximates these differences is included. Spanish trademarks are those registered with the OEPM and international trademarks the ones registered with the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHMI). Source: IERMB

Creativity indicators

Table 15. Creativity and foreign trade indicators, BMR and B30 BMR B30 % B30 Number of scientific articles (2004–2006) 10,220 2,224 22% Number of books published (1978–2009) 551,785 18,789 3% Human resources in copyright industry (2008) 132,875 19,486 15% Source: IERMB

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Territorial representation of innovation and creativity indicators Innovation process input indicators

Map 37. Companies with R&D expenditure. Cumulative expenditure 2001-2007

Source: authors’ own compilation using data from the Business Register

Map 38. Companies with R&D expenditure, B30 municipalities, cumulative expenditure in thousands of euro, 2005-2007

Source: authors’ own compilation using data from the Business Register

R&D expenditure in millions of euro

1,000,001 to 1,320,980 100,001 to 1,000,000

10,001 to 100,000 1,001 to 10,000 101 to 1,000 11 to 100 0.1 to 10