In a seminal article, Benjamin Chinitz (1961) focused attention on the effects that industry size, structure, and economic diversification have on firm performance and regional economies. He also raised a related but conceptually distinct question that has been overlooked since: how does the...

We investigate whether a more concentrated regional industrial structure – the dominance of a few large firms in a given industry in a region – limits agglomeration economies and ultimately diminishes the economic performance of firms in that industry, especially small ones. In an...

Part 1: Fundamentals 1. The Practice of Economic Development 2. Definitions and Concepts of Development Part 2: Theories of Economic Growth And Development 3. Economic Base Theory and Related Extensions 4. Trade Theory 5. Regional Growth Theory 6. Theories of Spatial Concentration and Diffusion...

This is a comprehensive study of regional Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and its relationship with the development of Chilean regions. Following a process of steady foreign capitals flows to Chile, the link of this phenomenon with the growth of Chilean Regions are explored in three main...