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Brokerage and Boots on the Ground: Complements or Substitutes in the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships?

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  • Philipp Brandt

    (Universität Mannheim)

  • Andrew Schrank

    (Brown University)

  • Josh Whitford

    (Columbia University [New York])

Abstract

There is more agreement on the need for advisory services to help small and midsized manufacturers keep up with the latest managerial techniques and technologies than there is on the optimal design of those services. This study reconfigures and reanalyzes administrative data from the American Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and draws on extensive interviews with "street-level bureaucrats" at Manufacturing Extension Partnership centers, to identify and compare variation in centers' approaches to service delivery. Centers and clients who rely on third-party providers tend to have more rather than less enduring ties, suggesting that it's direct delivery, rather than brokerage, that is associated with one-shot deals. There is evidence also that projects generate the most impact when they help "get the relationships right" and mitigate network failures. [Résumé éditeur]

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  • Philipp Brandt & Andrew Schrank & Josh Whitford, 2018. "Brokerage and Boots on the Ground: Complements or Substitutes in the Manufacturing Extension Partnerships?," Post-Print hal-03129804, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03129804
    DOI: 10.1177/0891242418787888
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    Cited by:

    1. Phillip A. Singerman & Kenneth P. Voytek, 2023. "Measuring What Matters in Business Support Programs," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 37(1), pages 106-114, February.
    2. Nichola Lowe & Greg Schrock & Ranita Jain & Maureen Conway, 2021. "Genesis at work: Advancing inclusive innovation through manufacturing extension," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 36(3), pages 224-241, May.
    3. Nichola Lowe & Greg Schrock & Matthew D. Wilson & Rumana Rabbani & Allison Forbes, 2022. "Centering Work: Integration and Diffusion of Workforce Development within the U.S. Manufacturing Extension Network," Upjohn Working Papers 22-371, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    4. Kenneth E. Poole, 2019. "Strengthening Manufacturing: More Focus on How Research Can Inform Public Policy," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 33(1), pages 3-5, February.

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