Research Seminar

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B323/1

Date: 11th of november., 1.00 pm

Place: Room B323/1

Title: Colocation of skill related suppliers -- Revisiting coagglomeration using firm-to-firm network data

Résumé: Firms in industry clusters benefit from locating close to their suppliers and customers. However, emerging global supply chains question the need for colocation to manage buyer-supplier relationships. We hypothesize that supply chain partners are more likely to colocate if they exchange not only goods but also know-how. Building on the literature of coagglomeration and using micro-data on the Hungarian economy, we study colocation, labor flows and value chain connections at the level of firms and pairs of industries. We show that supply chains are more likely to support colocation when the firms involved operate in skill related industries.

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