Abstract
This study evaluates how regional competitiveness and relevant properties of the manufacturing industry-i.e., size and rate of manufacturing firms-impact changes in the rate of business service firms. By employing fixed-effects regression models on a sample of 81 Costa Rican counties during 2010-2016, the findings reveal that the quality of the local environment positively affects business service specialization. Besides, manufacturing businesses contribute to increase in the rate of business services; however, this effect is only significant in counties with a greater manufacturing base, that is, in counties with a critical mass of manufacturers, in terms of number of manufacturers.
| Translated title of the contribution | El papel de la competitividad cantonal y de la actividad manufacturera en el desarrollo de los sectores de servicios empresariales: Un precursor de la servitización territorial |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 19-35 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Investigaciones Regionales |
| Volume | 2020 |
| Issue number | 48 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Costa rica
- County competitiveness
- Industry configuration
- Territorial servitization
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