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Business Service Use by Manufacturing Firms in Mid Wales

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  • D M W N Hitchens

    (Department of Economics, The Queen's University, Belfast)

  • P N O'Farrell

    (Department of Economics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh)

  • C Conway

    (Department of Economics, The Queen's University, Belfast)

Abstract

The use of business services by small and medium-sized independent manufacturing firms located in the Mid Wales region is quantified. A cross section of services which provide clients with strategic information and expertise is focused upon; for example, training, market research, and product design. The main concern is with constraints upon the use of services arising from the location. Internal and external provision of services is examined. The source of supply of external services and the use of grant-aided services and services supplied by the Development Board for Rural Wales are considered. Difficulties arising from gaps in service availability or quality are reported. The level of use of external services by matched manufacturing firms within close proximity to a regional concentration of business services in peripheral Northern Ireland is contrasted.

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  • D M W N Hitchens & P N O'Farrell & C Conway, 1994. "Business Service Use by Manufacturing Firms in Mid Wales," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 26(1), pages 95-106, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:26:y:1994:i:1:p:95-106
    DOI: 10.1068/a260095
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    1. John Bryson & David Ingram & Peter Daniels, 1999. "Evaluating the Impact of Business Service Expertise and Business Links on the Performance of SMEs in England," Working Papers wp124, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.
    2. Robert Bennett & William Bratton & Paul Robson, 2000. "Business Advice: The Influence of Distance," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(9), pages 813-828.
    3. Izushi, Hiro, 2003. "Impact of the length of relationships upon the use of research institutes by SMEs," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 32(5), pages 771-788, May.

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