Business services, the new engine of French regional growth
This article analyses the evolution of employment in the French regions, putting the accent on business service firms. A ‘shift and share’ type of analysis shows that a primary decentralisation in tertiary activities seems to emerge in the 1990s, essentially pertaining to ancillary producer services. An explanatory analysis backs up the general validity of the regional economic base theory: the basic activities, to which business services can quite legitimately be attached, certainly play a leading long-term role on global employment dynamics. Finally it shows that over the past 20 years, the regional offer of services to businesses has been the major discriminating variable between regions, greatly influencing the evolution of basic employment and thus confirming the vital driving force of this sector in regional dynamics.
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2005
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Authors: | Léo, Pierre-Yves ; Philippe, Jean |
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The Service Industries Journal. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0264-2069. - Vol. 25.2005, 2, p. 141-161
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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