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The Geography Of Production Linkages In The Irish And Scottish Microcomputer Industry: The Role Of Information Exchange

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  • CHRIS VAN EGERAAT
  • DAVID JACOBSON

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This paper considers the idea that technical information exchange in the context of time‐based‐competition encourages buyer‐supplier proximity and local production linkages. The relevance of this idea was tested in a study of 11 subsidiaries of multinational microcomputer assemblers operating in Ireland and Scotland. We show that the assembly plants sourced the vast majority of inputs from regions outside Ireland and Britain and where we find regional linkages, proximity was generally not driven by considerations related to information exchange. Part of the explanation lies in the fact that the European operations played a limited role in technological co‐ordination with suppliers. Another reason is that much of the technical information exchange in the industry is of a relatively limited intensity requiring low levels of face‐to‐face contact.

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  • Chris Van Egeraat & David Jacobson, 2006. "The Geography Of Production Linkages In The Irish And Scottish Microcomputer Industry: The Role Of Information Exchange," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 97(4), pages 405-417, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:97:y:2006:i:4:p:405-417
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00351.x
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    1. Michael Artis & Declan Curran & Marianne Sensier, 2011. "Investigating Agglomeration Economies in a Panel of European Cities and Regions," SERC Discussion Papers 0078, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    2. Barrett, Alan & Kearney, Ide & O'Brien, Martin, 2008. "Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2008," Forecasting Report, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number QEC20081, march.
    3. Cathal O'Donoghue, 2014. "Chapter 01: Introduction," Chapters from Rural Economic Development in Ireland, in: Rural Economic Development in Ireland, edition 1, chapter 1, Rural Economy and Development Programme,Teagasc.

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