Webber, D.J. orcid.org/0000-0002-1488-3436, Webber, G.A., Berger, S. et al. (1 more author) (2018) Explaining productivity in a poor productivity region. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 50 (1). pp. 157-174. ISSN 0308-518X
Abstract
Productivity is the preferred measure of firm-level efficiency and perceived to reflect resource use rates. Semi-structured interviews with restaurant managers in a tourism-dominated low productivity rural area reveal that they are motivated to supply products that they believe in and to sustain a quality of life that meets their needs rather than striving to achieve higher productivity. Pricing strategies, managerial objectives and local market characteristics are found to radically influence the area’s productivity value. An area’s productivity value might not be an indicator of resource use rates or productive efficiency, and could instead reflect resident managers’ motivations towards money and the presence of opportunities to achieve scale economies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Environment and Planning A. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Productivity; pricing strategies; managerial objectives; greed |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2020 15:27 |
Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2021 10:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0308518x17735103 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:160636 |