Indigenous lead firms in rural regions: geography of global production networks revisited

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/67985998:_____/21:00544508 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10418062
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2019.1689565" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2019.1689565</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2019.1689565" target="_blank" >10.1080/10438599.2019.1689565</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Indigenous lead firms in rural regions: geography of global production networks revisited
Original language description
This paper examines regional distribution of indigenous lead firms in global production networks (GPNs). The paper triangulates unique evidence at the firm-level from a large innovation survey, extensive field interviews and detailed case studies in Czechia. The results indicate that lead firms are not predominantly urban species, as often assumed in the literature, but tend to be located to a surprisingly high extent in rural areas. Nevertheless, rural lead firms differ significantly from the urban ones in many respects. Urban regions turn out to be a seedbed for young, ambitious, close to the market and networked lead firms in new industries, which conforms to typical urbanization economics in action, whereas rural regions tend to harbor mature, established and relatively self-reliant lead firms with strong technical know-how in traditional industries, which build on location-specific resources and traditions. The results call for a more nuanced view on the coupling between GPNs and location advantages and more granular take on the regional dimension of innovation policy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-09628S" target="_blank" >GA17-09628S: Innovation activities in global production networks: Evidence from Czech business enterprises</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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