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Production Milieu and Competitive Advantages

In: Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development

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  • Börje Johansson

    (Jönköping International Business School (JIBS))

  • Rune Wigren

    (Uppsala University)

Abstract

In agricultural societies the population tends to concentrate on sites in response to the fertility of land. In postagricultural societies we find new forms of “fertility” differentiation over space. Both within and across urban regions of various sizes one can observe how the competitive advantages differ between locations. We relate such distributions of location advantages to the variation of attributes of each location’s production milieu. In this chapter we present a series of Swedish studies examining how the production milieu influences the performance of manufacturing and service industries, as well as the entire regional economy. This introductory section emphasises how certain persistent observations demand a modification or renewal of economic theory. We also outline the types of models employed in the Swedish analyses of the production milieu during the period 1970–1995.

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  • Börje Johansson & Rune Wigren, 1996. "Production Milieu and Competitive Advantages," Advances in Spatial Science, in: David F. Batten & Charlie Karlsson (ed.), Infrastructure and the Complexity of Economic Development, chapter 0, pages 187-211, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:adspcp:978-3-642-80266-9_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80266-9_11
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    1. Andersson, Martin & Johansson, Sara, 2010. "Human capital and the structure of regional export flows," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 32(3), pages 230-240.
    2. Backman, Mikaela & Karlsson, Charlie, 2013. "Who says life is over after 55? Entrepreneurship and an aging population," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 325, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
    3. Mikaela Backman, 2013. "Who says life is over after 55? - New firm formation and an ageing population," ERSA conference papers ersa13p58, European Regional Science Association.
    4. Backman, Mikaela & Kohlhase, Janet, 2013. "The Influence of Diversity on the Formation, Survival and Growth of New Firms," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 337, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.

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