Economic Analysis of the Municipalities in the B-30 Area (February 2012)

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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
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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
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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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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
(1T)
Treballadors
Coneixement Alt Coneixement Baix
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
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