The changing location of advanced producer services in Austria

Tödtling, Franz; Traxler, Johannes

doi:10.1016/0305-9006(95)96168-q

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“…The existing literature shows that KIBS are highly concentrated in metropolitan areas and, particularly, in capital cities. In Europe this is shown by numerous studies (Cavola and Martinelli, 1995;Daniels, 1995;Ferrao and Domingues, 1995;Illeris and Sjoholt, 1995;Navarro et al, 2009;Rubalcaba and Gago, 2003;Schamp, 1995;Tödtling and Traxler, 1995;Vence and González, 2005;2007). Nevertheless, despite the increasing process ¶ Corresponding author.…”

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Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe

Deza

López

2014

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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This paper analyses the location patterns o f knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) in Europe in line with the most recent literature. Our main contribution is to provide new evidence about the location patterns o f KIBS considering the European continent, asopposed to individual countries, as the unit o f analysis. We first present the concentration and specialisation patterns o f KIBS activities in Europe, including the variations that have occurred during the last few years. Second, we try to provide an explanation o f KIBS regional specialisation patterns on the basis of the factors identified by the literature. The results suggest that KIBS activities are highly geographically concentrated in Europe. In this respect, capital cities, which have increasingly emerged as strongly specialised locations in services, play a central role in geography o f KIBS. At the same time, there is also evidence o f a tendency o f sparse dispersal o f KIBS throughout European regions.Overall, our results reinforce the importance o f agglomeration externalities, market size, regional accessibility, regional knowledge base, and the institutional nature o f the regional capital city. Finally, regarding changes in KIBS regional specialisation, we find that these are largely associated to changes in regional GDP.A long-standing debate exists around the location patterns o f production activities and, in particular, about the location o f new and em erging production activities. The m ajority o f studies on these aspects have m ainly concentrated on m anufacturing rather than on service activities; how ever, for obvious reasons, the interest in the latter has increased over time. W ith this w ork, w e aim to investigate the location patterns o f know ledge-intensive business services (KIBS). These activities are o f critical im portance w ith respect to the recent dynam ics o f the production system , as m uch for its increasing volum e o f value added and em ploym ent as w ell as for its key function in the creation and diffusion o f know ledge and innovation to other activities. K IB S appears to be im portant not only for the industrial sector but also for the services or tertiary sector. Similarly, KIBS are relevant to both private and public com panies. Furtherm ore, specialised services provide a flow o f know ledge to their clients, and their functions allow the reduction o f risks and opportunity costs in the processes o f innovation, proportioning know ledge on different subjects such as governm ental regulation, standards, m arketing, engineering, and financing.The existing literature show s that KIBS are highly concentrated in m etropolitan areas and, particularly, in capital cities. In E urope this is show n by num erous studies (C avola and M artinelli

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Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe

Deza

López

2014

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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“…Localized linkages also promote frequent and extensive cooperation to reduce costs and to improve chances on client markets since most of producer services providers are rather small establishments (Todtling & Traxler, 1995). The clustering or agglomeration itself "engenders significant competitive advantages for and attracts constituent firms" (Keeble & Nachum, To what extent has this perceived notion applicable to the actual practices in in China?…”

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“…However, explanations for why service activities tended to grow better in certain places than elsewhere have varied greatly depending on different perspectives. Earlier theoretical attempts to understand the uneven growth and concentration of producer services were made on the basis of the theory of agglomeration economies in which collocation of related service activities is believed to be the sticky force because it enabled significant savings on input and output transaction costs (Marshall et al, 1988;Moulaert, Chikhaoui, & Djellal, 1991;O'Huallachain, 1989;Todtling & Traxler, 1995). Subsequent research has taken a broadened perspective to incorporate other factors of social and political developments.…”

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The new geography of information and consulting services in China: Comparing Beijing and Guangzhou

Lin¹,

Yang²,

Hu³

2012

Habitat International

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“…To lay out a fundamental understanding of this research, an extensive literature search was conducted on topics including causes of producer services developments, the interdependence between manufacturing and producer services, categories of producer services, regional distribution of advanced producer services, analysis on competitive capabilities of producer services, effects of producer services on economy increase, the role of the service sector in the process of industrialization, trends in services sciences, and knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS), etc [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. The major emphases and potential gaps in the existing literatures are summarized below: * A wide range of research is available on producer services mentioned above.…”

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Analysis on the Developmental Characters of the Producer Services

Yang

2007

2007 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics

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The goal of this paper is to analyze the developmental characters of producer services and study the developmental modes of producer services and the manufacturing industry. Firstly, we analyzed the general characteristics of the producer services including input, output, production, function, and development characters. Then we studied the features of physical-based producer services and the knowledge-based producer services based on the value chain theory. Finally, we proposed five developmental modes of producer services and the manufacturing industry according to the developmental stages of the producer services.

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The changing location of advanced producer services in Austria

Cited by 18 publications

References 4 publications

Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe

Regional Concentration of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services in Europe

The new geography of information and consulting services in China: Comparing Beijing and Guangzhou

Analysis on the Developmental Characters of the Producer Services

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