| Abstrakt: |
The documentary evidence of aggregate studies suggests that high rates of productivity growth in many firms and industries are accompanied by high rates of output growth and, to a lesser extent, employment growth. The productive efficiency of firms within regional components of industries, however, has not been studied empirically. This paper summarises the results of an empirical investigation of the regional-development role of best-practice firms in the Pacific Northwest plywood and veneer industry. The study examined the interrelations between growth impacts of productivity performance and output and employment change, and the relative growth impacts of high productivity, best-practice firms vis-à-vis less productive, non-best-practice firms. The findings are discussed in relation to the process of regional-growth and regional-development planning. |
