Organizational characteristics of plants in core and peripheral regions of Austria

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Tödtling F. (1984) Organizational characteristics of plants in core and peripheral regions of Austria, Reg. Studies 18, 397–412. Although multiregional firms have increased in importance very strongly in most industrialized countries in the last decades, their impact on regional disparities and on peripheral regions has remained controversial. For Austria regional differences in organizational characteristics of plants and in the employment-structure have been investigated empirically. It has been shown that these enterprises establish a pronounced division of labour between regions: while in core regions head offices and the more qualified working force are very highly represented, in less-developed regions and in old industrial areas externally controlled branch plants are very important. Particularly in the less-developed regions these plants consist mainly of routine activities with a high share of unskilled workers.