This paper investigates the manufacturing firm competitiveness in the megacity. Presently, studies on firms in the megacity recognizes the importance of firms as drivers of megacity by examines industrial types, spatial distributions, political and governance. The paper fills the research gap by looking at firm competitiveness in the Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA) using econometrics model in three levels; the firm, industrial sector and spatial administration. The result shows that firm decision and industry sectoral-based policies have higher effect, implying that local government policies are indifferent to generate firm competitiveness in the megacity. The study also highlights the importance of foreign investment and concentration of firms with foreign investments to enhance firm competitiveness. This paper contributes to the economic geography debate and policy by highlighting importance investment zones to attract concentration of global firms and necessity for coordination and synchronization between municipalities and with international stakeholders at the megacity level.

本文研究了特大城市中的制造企业竞争力。目前，有关大城市中企业的研究通过考察行业类型，空间分布，政治和治理，认识到企业作为大城市驱动力的重要性。本文通过使用计量经济学模型在三个层次上考察了雅加达都会区（JMA）的企业竞争力，填补了研究空白。公司，工业部门和空间管理部门。结果表明，公司决策和基于行业部门的政策具有更高的效果，这表明地方政府的政策对于在大城市中产生公司竞争力无动于衷。该研究还强调了外国投资的重要性以及利用外国投资集中公司以增强公司竞争力的重要性。