FLEXIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND PLANT SIZE - UNITED-STATES MANUFACTURING AND METALWORKING INDUSTRIES

被引:15
作者
CARLSSON, B
AUDRETSCH, DB
ACS, ZJ
机构
[1] WISSENSCH ZENTRUM BERLIN SOZIALFORSCH,W-1000 BERLIN 30,GERMANY
[2] UNIV BALTIMORE,BALTIMORE,MD 21201
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10.1016/0167-7187(94)90038-8
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
There is a long tradition in industrial organization of analyzing the characteristics of technology that are important determinants of market structure. In this paper we test and find support for the hypothesis that the application of flexible technologies has been a catalyst in shifting the plant-size distribution in U.S. manufacturing industries towards smaller average plant size.
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页码:359 / 372
页数:14
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