Spatial Disparities in SME productivity: Evidence from the Service Sector in England

  • Tiwasing, Pattanapong (Principal Investigator)
  • Kim, Yoo Ri (Co-Investigator)
  • Akinremi, Temitope (Co-Investigator)

    Project: Research

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    Description

    This project is funded by ESRC Productivity Insights Network for Early Career Researchers to identify the key determinants of spatial variability of productivity, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the service sector across England. Due to the hierarchically structured data, multilevel analysis is applied to distinguish the effects of a firm’s internal variables and (sub)regional factors on productivity. Using cross-sectional data for 10,400 SMEs from the UK government’s Small Business Survey, 2015, the results show that firm-specific determinants significantly influence productivity. The findings also indicate that location, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and where firms operate play a pivotal role in determining SME productivity. In particular, at the LEP level, increasing labour supply, promoting local funding and improving broadband speed potentially enhance firm productivity.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/12/1830/04/19

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