The role of county competitiveness and manufacturing activity on the development of business service sectors: A precursor to territorial servitization

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https://doi.org/10.38191/iirr-jorr.20.018

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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 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.

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2020-07-24

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Vol. 48 (2020): Territorial Servitization

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Special Issue Territorial Servitization

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