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Spatial patterns of adoption of just‐in‐time manufacturing *
Author(s) -
Holl Adelheid,
Pardo Rafael,
Rama Ruth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00406.x
Subject(s) - business , production (economics) , sample (material) , quality (philosophy) , industrial organization , manufacturing , ordination , economic geography , operations management , marketing , economics , computer science , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , machine learning , macroeconomics
We study the spatial pattern of just‐in‐time (JIT) adoption for a sample of medium‐sized and large Spanish manufacturing firms. JIT differs from other advanced manufacturing technologies because it relates directly to the spatial co‐ordination of firms' internal production organisation with the external productive environment and depends on the quality of the transport system. Our results confirm the distinctive role of location for JIT adoption even after controlling for industry and plant‐specific differences. We find that JIT adoption is greater in smaller cities but with higher transport accessibility indicating that urban congestion in larger urban areas likely reduces the benefits that firms may obtain from JIT implementation.