Best-Practice Firms and Productivity Changes in the Pacific Northwest Plywood and Veneer Industry, 1960-1972

Some Regional Growth Implications

Bibliographic Data

ID4140918
AuthorsRichard B Le Heron (Massey University, corresponding author)
Year1976
Volume8
Issue2
Pages163-172
Publication date1976-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a080163
OpenAlexW2117578978
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

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

Business · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Productivity · Veneer · Economic Growth and Productivity · Firm Innovation and Growth · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

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