Local Labor Systems and Agricultural Activities: The Case of Tuscany

Giusti, Antonio; Grassini, Laura

doi:10.1007/s11294-007-9112-0

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“…The features of an economy cannot be totally understood without taking into account its territorial organization, especially in local systems characterized by many small and medium sized enterprises (Giusti and Grassini, 2007). In the 1990s, the Italian National Statistical Institute (ISTAT) proposed the use of a geographical unit called local labour systems in order to reflect the productive and social structure of a territory, that is, the area in which a group of people lives and works.…”

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Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: the case of agro‐food system

Fearne

Álvarez-Coque

Mercedes

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Section: Local Labour Systems and Rural Economiesmentioning

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Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: the case of agro‐food system

Fearne

Álvarez-Coque

Mercedes

et al. 2013

Management Decision

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“…Maps of the spatial domains used here are shown in Figure 2. LLMAs are identified according to data relative to daily labour mobility utilising the 1991 Population Census data, and depict homogeneous areas from the economic perspective (Giusti and Grassini 2007). ADs are identified according to land use, crop specialisation and bio-climatic considerations.…”

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Convergence or divergence in desertification risk? Scale-based assessment and policy implications in a Mediterranean country

Salvati

Zitti

2009

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This paper explores changes (1990-2000) in two environmental indexes with the aim of providing empirical evidence on regional and local convergence in an increasing-impact phenomenon such as Land Degradation (LD) in Italy. Convergence analysis for ESAI (Environmental Sensitive Area Index) and LVI (Land Vulnerability Index) was developed at five different geographical scales. Results indicate that territorial disparities in land vulnerability tend to increase during the investigated period following a defined spatial pattern that depends on land quality, the environmental context and the economic performance of regional systems. Finally, the implications this process has on policy strategies aimed at mitigating desertification risk are discussed.desertification risk, convergence, synthetic index, homogeneous regions, southern Europe,

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“…García-Alvarez- show that specific locations can provide advantages for agri-food firms in form of local resources, such as favorable natural and labor conditions or access to technological inputs. In addition, Giusti & Grassini (2007) show that regional organization is an important economic factor, particularly in systems characterized by many small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) such as the EU food industry.…”

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What drives firm profitability? A multilevel approach to the Spanish agri-food sector

Zouaghi¹,

Sánchez

Hirsch

2017

Span. j. agric. res.

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Strategic management research has demonstrated the importance of firm-and industry structure as drivers of firm profitability. However, less is known about how firms´ geographical locations affect profitability. Applying a multi-level approach of hierarchical linear modeling we estimated firm-, industry-, and region-specific effects on profitability of 3,273 agri-food firms operating in different Spanish districts over the time span 2006-2013. The results reveal the dominance of firm-specific effects which contribute up to 48.8% to variance in firm profitability while the contribution of industry effects (0.8-4.2%), geographical location (0.1-1.8%), and year effects (0.1-2.5%) is rather small. Moreover, firm size, risk, and innovative activity turn out as significant profit drivers at the firm level. Although firm-effects outweigh industry-and region-specific factors, the results indicate that industry concentration as well as regional education and unemployment influence profitability. In addition, proximity to technological institutes as well as the degree of urbanization of the region in which a firm operates can be drivers of profitability. Hence, despite the superiority of firm effects the results indicate that agri-food managers should also consider possible advantages from location-based resources in order to ensure competitiveness.Additional keywords: agri-food profits; firm-, industry-, and location effects; hierarchical linear model.

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Local Labor Systems and Agricultural Activities: The Case of Tuscany

Abstract: Local labor systems, Agriculture, Censuses, O50, R10,

Cited by 14 publications

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Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: the case of agro‐food system

Innovative firms and the urban/rural divide: the case of agro‐food system

Convergence or divergence in desertification risk? Scale-based assessment and policy implications in a Mediterranean country

What drives firm profitability? A multilevel approach to the Spanish agri-food sector

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