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Business services, the new engine of French regional growth

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  • Pierre-Yves Léo
  • Jean Philippe

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This article analyses the evolution of employment in the French regions, putting the accent on business service firms. A ‘shift and share’ type of analysis shows that a primary decentralisation in tertiary activities seems to emerge in the 1990s, essentially pertaining to ancillary producer services. An explanatory analysis backs up the general validity of the regional economic base theory: the basic activities, to which business services can quite legitimately be attached, certainly play a leading long-term role on global employment dynamics. Finally it shows that over the past 20 years, the regional offer of services to businesses has been the major discriminating variable between regions, greatly influencing the evolution of basic employment and thus confirming the vital driving force of this sector in regional dynamics.

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  • Pierre-Yves Léo & Jean Philippe, 2005. "Business services, the new engine of French regional growth," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 141-161, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:25:y:2005:i:2:p:141-161
    DOI: 10.1080/0264206042000305394
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    1. Lanaspa, Luis & Sanz-Gracia, Fernando & Vera-Cabello, María, 2016. "The (strong) interdependence between intermediate producer services' attributes and manufacturing location," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 1-12.
    2. IORDAN Marioara & GRIGORESCU Adriana & CHILIAN Mihaela-Nona, 2013. "Sub-Regional Disparities In Romania - The Case Of The Centru Region," Revista Economica, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 65(5), pages 102-117.
    3. Mihaela-Nona Chilian, 2011. "Evolution of Regional Disparities in Romania – A Shift-share Analysis," ERSA conference papers ersa11p827, European Regional Science Association.
    4. Fiona F Yang & Anthony G O Yeh, 2013. "Spatial Development of Producer Services in the Chinese Urban System," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 45(1), pages 159-179, January.
    5. Gary Akehurst, 2008. "What do we really know about services?," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 2(1), pages 1-15, March.
    6. Claude LACOUR & Sylvette PUISSANT, 2008. "Medium-Sized Cities and the Dynamics of Creative Services," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2008-08, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).

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