Aspects of industrial mobility in the British economy

Hamilton, F. E. Ian

doi:10.1080/09595237800185141

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“…With the exception of plant transfer decisions, the proportion of the enterprises experiencing the various types of change was higher than that found in studies covering the 1960s and early 1970s by North (1974) and Hamilton (1978), despite the survey period being only half the length of that in the latter studies .…”

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confidence: 78%

“…Before explanation is possible the basic facts need to be established. As yet there are few published studies (Hamilton, 1978 ;North, 1974) which have examined the components of locational change for firms . This paper focuses upon two key questions:…”

Section: Components Of Change and The Geography Of Enterprisementioning

confidence: 96%

“…Firstly, acquisition was a strategy for overcoming the perceived difficulty of opening and expanding plants in these regions during the survey period, due to Industrial Development Certificate (IDC) restrictions (Hamilton, 1978 ;Mason, 1982) . A second factor could be the greater availability of firms suitable for takeover in these areas .…”

Section: Spatial Patterns Of Locational Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Components of Locational Change in Multi-Plant Enterprises

Healey

1983

Urban Studies

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This paper examines the nature, relative importance and spatial patterns of the changes made over a six-year period by a representative sample of 64 small and medium size multiplant enterprises to the number, location, size and products of their plants. The locational changes occurred frequently, pltEnt size changes, closures and acquisitions were the most common . Significant differences were found in the spatial patterns of the components of change . However, these variations occurred at different spatial levels, implying that the processes of locational change varied with the scale of analysis . The employment performance of the enterprises was markedly better than that of their industries, suggesting that an urban and regional policy of encouraging and fostering medium-sized enterprises may be a fruitful one.

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Section: Components Of Change and The Geography Of Enterprisementioning

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Components of Locational Change in Multi-Plant Enterprises

Healey

1983

Urban Studies

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“…64) . Hamilton (1978) cites the higher incidence of non-unionised pools of labour in such localities and lack of strikeproneness. However it is as well to note that other researchers regard such influences as secondary community attributes (Fothergill and Gudgin, 1979 ;Keeble, 1980) .…”

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Community Considerations as Location Attraction Variables for Manufacturing Industry

McLoughlin

1983

Urban Studies

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“…A few case studies based on several industries have been completed including investigations of enterprises in the Netherlands (Jansen, 1972), Scandinavia (Laulajainen, 1982), New Zealand (Le Heron, 1980), Scotland (Hood and Young, 1982) and the English East Midlands (Rake, 1972). Attempts to generalise about the spatial behaviour of multiplant companies on the basis of larger samples are more rare, but include the survey by Hamilton (1978) of nearly 1500 firms in Britain.…”

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Spatial growth and spatial rationalization in multi-plant enterprises

Healey

1984

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This paper analyses the spatial growth and rationalization behaviour, over a six year period, of a representative sample of 64 multi-plant enterprises in the United Kingdom textile and clothing industries, and illustrates the findings with case studies. The companies which expanded outside their home region for the first time, did so as frequently by long distance growth as by short distance, and by opening branch plants as well as by acquiring firms. By far the most common spatial rationalization policy was plant closure combined with concentration of production on an existing site. A new concept of activity locations is proposed as a useful tool for designing and assessing spatial rationalization policies.

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Aspects of industrial mobility in the British economy

Cited by 29 publications

References 2 publications

Components of Locational Change in Multi-Plant Enterprises

Components of Locational Change in Multi-Plant Enterprises

Community Considerations as Location Attraction Variables for Manufacturing Industry

Spatial growth and spatial rationalization in multi-plant enterprises

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