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Functional dependence and productive dependence of SMEs

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This article analyzes the quality of business structure from a macroeconomic perspective in the regional context. In addition to “traditional” variables such as innovation, internationalization, or entrepreneurial collaboration, new variables have been introduced: functional dependence and productive dependence. Two different economic territories have been chosen within the Spanish economy: the province of Barcelona (high relative income per capita) and the province of Seville (low relative income per capita). We find it is possible to distinguish two types of firms: a) “product-maker” firms (mainly located in advanced areas) and b) “market-maker” firms (mainly located in less developed areas).

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    Joaquín Guzmán-Cuevas & Rafael Cáceres-Carrasco

  2. University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Domingo Ribeiro Soriano

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Guzmán-Cuevas, J., Cáceres-Carrasco, R. & Soriano, D.R. Functional dependence and productive dependence of SMEs. Small Bus Econ 32, 317–330 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-008-9115-0

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