substantial government funded training programmes and highlights the limitations of public investment in business R&D. Instead …

The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with … supplies often determined by the local provision of business information. Consequently, an increasing research effort has … importance and geographic sources of subcontracting of business services by producer service establishments, particularly those …

The impacts that risk perceptions have on those deciding whether to locate a business activity in an area likely to … business location decisions gathered from surveys and interviews of owners and managers of manufacturing and producer service … establishments than for manufacturing establishments. Policies of host communities to offset the loss of business establishments that …

have significant impacts on the attraction of new, and the maintenance of existing business activities in areas in which … range of other factors to business location decisions using evidence from surveys of more than 400 manufacturing and … business service establishments in Colorado and Utah. We show that the importance of environmental amenities varies according …

The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with … supplies often determined by the local provision of business information. Consequently, an increasing research effort has … importance and geographic sources of subcontracting of business services by producer service establishments, particularly those …

This paper summarized findings from a Colorado and Utah survey of manufacturing and business service establishments … which provided information on the use of business services among different types of firms in this interior region of the … consistent with those found by studies in other areas. Manufacturers are not a major source of sales for business service firms …