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Firm Size and Regional Linkages: A Typology of Manufacturing Establishments in Southern Spain

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  • Isidoro Romero
  • Francisco Javier Santos

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Romero I. and Santos F. J. (2007) Firm size and regional linkages: a typology of manufacturing establishments in southern Spain, Regional Studies 41, 571-584. Regions with different levels of development are characterized by different enterprise compositions according to firm size and regional productive linkages. Using these two variables and two additional ones - the technological level and the position in the value chain - the composition of the industrial sector in any region can be studied. In this respect, a new theoretical enterprise typology is proposed in this paper as a powerful analytical tool. Furthermore, empirical work is carried out using a data set from the survey done to estimate the regional input-output table of Andalusia, a backward region in southern Spain. Thus, the theoretical enterprise typology is applied to the industry in Andalusia, so that some strengths and weaknesses of the regional economy are identified. Romero I. et Santos F. J. (2007) La taille de l'entreprise et les maillons regionaux: une typologie des etablissements industriels dans le sud de l'Espagne, Regional Studies 41, 571-584. Les regions qui se differencient en fonction de leur niveau de developpement se caracterisent par un parc d'entreprises qui se distingue selon la taille des entreprises et les maillons productifs regionaux. En se servant de ces deux variables, conjointement avec deux autres variables - a savoir, le niveau technologique et le positionnement dans la chaine de valeur - on peut etudier la structure du secteur industriel dans n'importe quelle region. A cet egard, on cherche a proposer une nouvelle typologie theorique de l'entreprise comme outil analytique puissant. Qui plus est, on conduit une etude empirique a partir d'un ensemble de donnees qui proviennent d'une enquete menee afin d'estimer un tableau d'echanges inter-industriels pour l'Andalousie, une region en perte de vitesse situee dans le sud de l'Espagne. La nouvelle typologie theorique de l'entreprise se voit appliquer a l'industrie andalouse, de sorte que l'on identifie quelques-unes des forces et des faiblesses de l'economie regionale. Echanges inter-industriels; Maillons en amont et en aval; Taille de l'entreprise; Pme Grandes entreprises; Micro-entreprises Romero I. und Santos F. J. (2007) Firmengrosse und regionale Verbindungen: eine Typologie der produzierenden Betriebe Sudspaniens, Regional Studies 41, 571-584. Regionen mit unterschiedlichem Beschaftigungsniveau zeichnen sich durch unterschiedliche Betriebsstrukturen aus, was die Firmengrosse und die regionalen produktiven Verbindungen anbelangt. Mit Hilfe dieser beiden Variablen und zwei weiterer - des technologischen Niveaus und der Position in der Wertschopfungskette - lasst sich die Zusammensetzung des Industriesektors jeder Region studieren. In diesem Zusammenhang wird in diesem Aufsatz eine neue theoretische Betriebstypologie als leistungsfahiges Analysewerkzeug vorgeschlagen. Ausserdem wird empirische Arbeit mit Hilfe eines Datensatzes aus einer Erhebung zur Schatzung der regionalen Input-output-Tabelle von Andalusien, einer ruckstandigen Region in Sudspanien, durchgefuhrt. Auf diese Weise wird die theoretische Betriebstypologie auf die Industrie von Andalusien angewandt, um verschiedene Starken und Schwachen der regionalen Wirtschaft zu identifizieren. Input-output; Vorwarts- und Ruckwartsverbindungen; Betriebsgrosse; Kleine und mittelstandische Betriebe; Grossbetriebe Mikrobetriebe Romero I. y Santos F. J. (2007) Tamano empresarial y encadenamientos regionales: una tipologia de instalaciones de produccion en el sur de Espana, Regional Studies 41, 571-584. Las regiones con diferentes niveles de desarrollo se caracterizan por tener distintas estructuras empresariales de acuerdo con el tamano de la empresa y los vinculos regionales de produccion. Mediante estas dos variables y otras dos adicionales -el nivel tecnologico y la posicion en la cadena de valor-, es posible analizar la composicion del sector industrial en cualquier region. A este respecto, en este ensayo proponemos una nueva tipologia empresarial de caracter teorico como influyente herramienta analitica. Asimismo llevamos a cabo un trabajo empirico con ayuda de una serie de datos obtenidos a partir de la encuesta realizada para estimar las tablas input-output de a una region atrasada como es Andalucia. De este modo aplicamos la tipologia empresarial de caracter teorico a la industria en Andalucia para poder identificar cuales son los puntos fuertes y debiles de su economia regional. Input-output; Vinculos hacia delante o atras; Tamano empresarial; Pymes; Empresas grandes; Microempresas

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  • Isidoro Romero & Francisco Javier Santos, 2007. "Firm Size and Regional Linkages: A Typology of Manufacturing Establishments in Southern Spain," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(5), pages 571-584.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:41:y:2007:i:5:p:571-584
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400601120262
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