Firm competitiveness and regional disparities in Georgia

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ID4491155
AutoresAndrés Rodríguez-Pose (0000-0002-8041-0856), Andrés Rodriguez‐pose, Daniel Hardy (0000-0002-2893-3801)
Año2017
Volumen107
Número2
Páginas384-411
Fecha de publicación2017-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1931-0846.2016.12180.x
OpenAlexW2354925502
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas39

There are many challenges to building firm competitiveness in posttransition economies, particularly with the intensification of as global trade integration. Intranation variations in firm competitiveness are also stark, highlighting the need for policies to overcome the legacy of pretransition economic structures. Utilizing data from Georgia's annual firm census and household surveys, this paper analyzes the nature of the country's competitive landscape—measured as labor productivity—over the period 2006–2012. The results of our empirical estimations reveal that although a large proportion of a firm's competitiveness is associated with its own characteristics (sorting and compositional effects), location‐specific factors are also highly relevant. In particular, the extent of agglomeration, human capital endowments, and local expenditures—such as transport infrastructure investments—play a significant role in conditioning firm‐level competitiveness. Given current regional endowments, these findings highlight the significant attention that needs to be paid to building capacities in less‐favored areas, not only to ensure that trade integration does not harm Georgia's less‐favored regions, but also to make further progress in developing the country's private sector and fully maximize the export potential across its full stock of enterprises

Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Geography · Human capital · Productivity · Stock (firearms · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis