| Description |
1 online resource : 6 illustrations |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- List of Tables in Text -- List of Figures in Text -- One. Introduction -- Two. 1989 Update -- Three. The Restructuring of Manufacturing within the Philadelphia Region -- Four. The Emergence of a Producer Service Economy in the Philadelphia PMSA -- Five. Growth and Change in Health Care Employment within the Metropolitan Area -- Six. Research and Development in Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area -- Seven. Linkages between Industries in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: An Input-Output Analysis -- Eight. Policy Overview -- List of Appendices and Appendix Tables -- Appendix A. Bibliography -- Appendix B. Supplementary Materials to Chapters 2-7 -- Appendix C. Comparative Industry Data -- Appendix D. Philadelphia PMSA Economic Statistics -- Index |
| Summary |
The fourth report of the Temple-Penn Philadelphia Economic Monitoring Project, continues the work of the Wharton Philadelphia Economic Monitoring Project, which began in 1984. This volume examines the manufacturing and service industries that have experienced employment growth in the region. Through detailed analysis of changes in the quantity, quality, and location of employment for specific industries in manufacturing, in producer services, in health care services, and in research and development activities, the authors explain why industries grew and asses their potential for further expansion |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016) |
| Subject |
Industries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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Economic history
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Industries
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| SUBJECT |
Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (Pa.) -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Metropolitan Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Madden, Janice Fanning
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| ISBN |
9781512807912 |
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1512807915 |
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