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The Relevance of the Flexible Specialisation Paradigm for Small-Scale Industrial Restructuring in Ghana

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ID11471679
AuthorsJonathan Dawson (corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume23
Issue3
Pages34-38
Publication date1992-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIDS Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-5012 • E-ISSN: 1759-5436
PublisherInstitute of Development Studies (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1759-5436.1992.mp23003007.x
OpenAlexW2084120115
LanguageEN
Citations received20
References cited1

This article focuses on a large cluster of small enterprises in Kumasi, Ghana. It suggests that the flexible specialisation paradigm only helps to explain the growth of some of the small enterprises, namely a group of engineering workshops. However, due to deep inter?firm division of labour, their innovation has also raised the capacity of other small firms in the cluster to improve their equipment and output. Nevertheless, in spite of such emerging collective efficiency, the majority of producers have done more to swell the number of firms than to raise overall quantity or quality of output. Résumé La pertinence du paradigme de la spécialisation souple eu égard à la restructuration industrielle de faible envergure au Ghana L'article traite d'un important groupe d'entreprises de petite envergure à Kumasi, au Ghana. L'auteur propose que le paradigme de la spécialisation souple n'expliquerait qu'une partie de la croissance de certaines des petites entreprises, à savoir, celle d'un groupe d'ateliers mécaniques. Toutefois, en raison du partage approfondi de la main?d'oeuvre entre ces entreprises, leur activité novatrice a également servi, dans un même temps, à augmenter les capacités des autres entreprises de petite envergure au sein du groupe d'améliorer leur matériel et leur rendement. Quoiqu'il en soit, et malgré l'apparition d'une telle efficacité collective, la majorité des producteurs ont préféré augmenter le nombre d'entreprises, au lieu d'augmenter la quantité ou la qualité de la production. Resumen La relevancia del modelo de especialización flexible para la reestructuración industrial en pequeña escala en Ghana Se concentra este estudio en un gran grupo de pequeñas empresas en Kumasi, Ghana. Sugiere que el modelo de especialización flexible sólo ayuda a explicar el crecimiento de algunas de estas pequeñas empresas, concretamente talleres de ingeniería. Sin embargo, debido a una profunda división inter?compañías de la mano de obra, su innovación ha incrementado también la capacidad de otras pequeñas empresas del grupo para aumentar su equipamiento y su producción. A pesar de esta emergente eficiencia colectiva la mayoría de los productores han hecho más para engrosar el número de empresas que para acrecentar la calidad y cantidad de la producción

Business · Commons · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Livelihood · Natural resource economics · OpenAccess · Political science · Restructuring · Firm Innovation and Growth

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Citations per year0.63
Citation span1994 - 2022 (29)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 17

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