Regional Variations in the Adoption of Computer-Numerically-Controlled Machine Tools by Small Engineering Firms: A Multivariate Analysis

P N O'Farrell and R P Oakey

Environment and Planning A, 1992, vol. 24, issue 6, 887-902

Abstract: In this paper those factors that influence the adoption of computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) machine tools by small mechanical engineering firms in three regions: the South East of England, Scotland, and Wales are investigated. Evidence is presented on CNC machine adoption in the three regions. A logistic regression model of the probability of CNC lathe adoption is developed and a regression model of the data of first adoption is calibrated. Welsh firms recorded lower adoption probabilities than firms based in either South East England or Scotland; and Scottish companies adopted some two years earlier than companies in the other two regions.

Date: 1992
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