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The employment effect of large firms on small firms has rarely been studied. Using establishment data in Japan, this study examines firms with the top 1% of sales, comparing the effect of such firms with many employees (more than the small- and medium-sized enterprise thresholds or 1000...
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walking survey was conducted to identify the SME location pattern and a semi-structured personal interview was conducted to … collect data from manufacturing SME entrepreneurs to find why such patterns exist. A cross section qualitative multiple case … study design and pattern matching technique was applied to answer the research questions. The finding of the study shows SME …
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This paper examines whether or not the relative importance of the firm and industry effects in explaining performance variations is the same regardless of the firm size. In relation to size, we think that there has been particular neglect of studying medium-sized firms separately from SMEs in...
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of industry characteristics on the localization and urbanization agglomeration patterns of new firm location. To this end, we analyze the location decisions of new manufacturing firms in Spain. First, for a 3-digit level, we identify for...
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This paper investigates patterns of manufacturing location in the context of increased economic integration in Central and East European countries. Using regional data for the period 1990-1999, we identify and compare patterns and determinants of manufacturing location in five European Union...
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We study the effects of import competition on industry locations patterns in a small open economy with two regions. Domestic productivity growth converges to the international rate through firm-level investment in process innovation. With firms locating production and innovation in their lowest...
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Analysis of data on employment, earnings, and the number of business establishments engaged in U.S. manufacturing finds that:In Metropolitan areas, especially large metropolitan areas and central metropolitan counties, contain the great majority of manufacturing jobs and nearly all very...
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