Industrial Location and Corporate Organization in High Technology Industries

High technology industries are thought to be different from other industries in their locational orientation and in their degree of spin-offs and firm births. This study uses a highly detailed data set to examine four sectors: computers, medical instruments, semiconductors, and computer programming. Generally, the northeastern and western United States have the largest concentrations of high tech industries. The South is characterized mainly by branch plants rather than single- location firms. New firm formation varies greatly among states, but tends to be highest in existing areas of agglomeration of such industries. Only California, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Texas are major locations for the four sectors. Little dispersal of these industries appears to be taking place from their core regions.

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