The geography of advanced producer services in Europe
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The geography of advanced producer services in Europe
（Progress in planning, v. 43 ; pt. 2-3）
Pergamon : Elsevier Science, c1995
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This monograph provides the first attempt at comparative national case studies examining the development and location of "Advanced Producer Services" (APS). These are defined as complex, knowledge-intensive business services designed as direct inputs to firms. Typical examples include high technology engineering, communications consulting, human resource management, strategic marketing, financial portfolio advice and specialised legal advice. Individual chapters cover the UK, France, West Germany, the New German Lander, Austria, Nordic countries, Italy and Portugal. The role of transnational corporations in the growth of APS is separately considered. APS are of recent origin, have expanded rapidly in the last 20 years and are often embedded in the international economic system.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The role of transnational corporations, F. Moulaert et al: fordism and the geography of APS firms post WWII
- APS suppliers - architects of the flexibly integrated production system?
- APS supply structures - agglomerations in networks
- towards a post-fordist geography of APS firms?
- references. Part 2 The locational geography of advanced producer services firms in the United Kingdom, P.W. Daniels: the location of producer services growth
- the case of business services
- explaining the location of APS in the UK
- references. Part 3 Advanced producer services in the French space economy - decentralisation at the highest level, F. Moulaert and C. Gallouj: growth of APS employment in France since 1970
- changes in the regional distribution of APS (1975-1991)
- inter-urban positions, intra-urban shifts in location
- locational logic of advanced producer services suppliers
- internationalisation and the role of public policy
- references. Part 4 The geography of APS in a goods exporting economy - the case of West Germany, E.W. Schamp: introduction - a manufacturing-driven APS geography
- "Advanced" producer services in the statistics
- the spatial pattern of APS
- the geography of accountancy firms
- the geography of software production in West Germany
- present and future trends in the West German geography of APS
- references. Part 5 The significance of APS in the new German lander, W. Gaebe
- business oriented services in the former GDR
- development of business oriented services in the new lander since 1989
- reasons for the establishment of business oriented services
- references. Part 6 The changing location of advanced producer services in Austria, F. Todtling and J. Traxler: development of the producer service sector
- spatial patterns and changes 1976-1988
- linkages of APS firms in Vienna with regional, Austrian and European economies
- references. Part 7 The nordic countries - high quality service in a low density environment, S. Illeris and P. Sjoholt: the main characteristics of producer services in the nordic countries
- case studies
- advanced producer services and internationalisation
- references. Part 8 The regional distribution of advanced producer services in the Italian space economy, L. Cavola and F. Martinelli: analysis of census data
- recent trends in advanced producer services, 1985-92
- APS in the metropolitan area of Milano
- summary and conclusions
- references. Part 9 Portugal - the territorial foundations of a vulnerable tertiarisation process, J. Ferrao and A. Domingues: the recent growth of producer services - dynamism and vulnerability
- producer services - a heavily polarised geography
- Lisbon and Oporto - fragilities and potentialities as locations of producer services
- references. Part 10 Conclusions and prospects, F. Moulaert and F. Todtling: sectoral growth pattern of APS in past decades
- spatial patterns
- structure of APS and markets
- the structure of APS supply
- APS in the new European space economy - a prospective outlook.
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