Business-Service Activities in British Provincial Conurbations

J N Marshall
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J N Marshall: Department of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, England

Environment and Planning A, 1983, vol. 15, issue 10, 1343-1359

Abstract: Business-service activities are poorly represented in provincial areas of the British economy, and this acts as a constraint on the economic growth of these locations. This argument is developed in a survey investigation of business-service offices in the conurbations of Manchester, Leeds, and Birmingham. It is argued that external control is an important feature of the business-service sector, and that the organisational structure of multisite service firms influences the supply of business services. The importance of indigenous employment growth and industrial movement in provincial cities is examined. It is suggested that some business services generate regional exports, and should therefore, be given regional policy support.

Date: 1983
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