caa a22 4500 445877472 CHVBK 20180317145532.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11187-009-9257-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11187-009-9257-8 Creative destruction and regional productivity growth: evidence from the Dutch manufacturing and services industries [Elektronische Daten] [Niels Bosma, Erik Stam, Veronique Schutjens] Do firm entry and exit improve the competitiveness of regions? If so, is this a universal mechanism or is it contingent on the type of industry or region in which creative destruction takes place? This paper analyses the effect of firm entry and exit on the competitiveness of regions, as measured by total factor productivity (TFP) growth. Based on a study across 40 regions in the Netherlands over the period 1988-2002, we find that firm entry is related to productivity growth in services, but not in manufacturing. The positive impact found in services does not necessarily imply that new firms are more efficient than incumbent firms; high degrees of creative destruction may also improve the efficiency of incumbent firms. We also find that the impact of firm dynamics on regional productivity in services is higher in regions exhibiting diverse but related economic activities. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2009 Firm entry nationallicence Firm exit nationallicence Regional competitiveness nationallicence Total factor productivity nationallicence Turbulence nationallicence Bosma Niels Urban and Regional research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Stam Erik Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, 12 Janskerkhof, 3512 BL, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Schutjens Veronique Urban and Regional research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/4(2011-05-01), 401-418 0921-898X 36:4<401 2011 36 11187 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-009-9257-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-009-9257-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bosma Niels Urban and Regional research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stam Erik Utrecht School of Economics, Utrecht University, 12 Janskerkhof, 3512 BL, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schutjens Veronique Urban and Regional research Centre Utrecht (URU), Utrecht University, PO Box 80115, 3508 TC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 36/4(2011-05-01), 401-418 0921-898X 36:4<401 2011 36 11187 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer