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High-Technology Manufacturing in the Nonmetropolitan West: Gold or Just Glitter

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  • David L. Barkley
  • Roger A. Dahlgran
  • Stephen M. Smith

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Tobit analysis was utilized to determine if employment, occupational, and market-linkage characteristics of nonmetropolitan high- and low-technology manufacturers differed after controlling for select firm and community characteristics. Data on manufacturers' characteristics were collected through an extensive survey of nonmetropolitan firms in the eleven contiguous western states. The results indicate that the employment size of high- and low-technology manufacturers was similar. Nonmetropolitan high-technology manufacturers were more rapidly growing, export oriented, and skilled-labor intensive than low-technology firms. The low-technology manufacturers maintained stronger backward linkages with the local economy.

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  • David L. Barkley & Roger A. Dahlgran & Stephen M. Smith, 1988. "High-Technology Manufacturing in the Nonmetropolitan West: Gold or Just Glitter," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 70(3), pages 560-571.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:70:y:1988:i:3:p:560-571.
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    1. Barkley, David L. & Keith, John E., 1991. "The Locational Determinants Of Western Nonmetro High Tech Manufacturers: An Econometric Analysis," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 16(2), pages 1-14, December.
    2. José M. Albert Ortiz & Francisco M. Gasca Sánchez & Miguel A. Flores Segovia, 2018. "Patrones de localización espacial de las manufacturas mexicanas: análisis con la técnica de patrones de puntos espaciales\Spatial location patterns of Mexican manufacturing: Analysis using the tech," Estudios Económicos, El Colegio de México, Centro de Estudios Económicos, vol. 33(2), pages 253-282.
    3. Bill Luker Jr., 1998. "Foreign Investment in the Nonmetropolitan U.S. South and Midwest: A Case of Mimetic Location Behavior?," International Regional Science Review, , vol. 21(2), pages 163-184, August.
    4. Leistritz, F. Larry & Ekstrom, Brenda L., 1990. "Characteristics of New or Expanding, Export-Oriented Firms in the Upper Great Plains," Agricultural Economics Reports 23235, North Dakota State University, Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics.

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