The world’s production capability across different sectors may be best understood in terms of global supply chains, for example as R&D takes place in one country and manufacturing in another. Further evidence should inform classification of sectors, measurement of value-addition, and challenge assumptions in our understanding of supply chains.
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The recession from 2008, and the persistent sectoral and spatial imbalances in the recovery, have provoked political calls to 'rebalance' the economy. According to Government representatives, Britain needs to 'reindustri...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Southampton
The project partially answers the question as it investigates the potential of advanced manufacturing for sectoral and spatial rebalancing, but does not specifically address the evaluation methods of a country's regions and sectors of dynamic comparative advantage.
Foundation industries (pulp and paper, bulk chemicals, glass, ceramics, cement and metals) are seen as underpinning vital supply chains across UK industry. Interest in ensuring that the UK has sufficient domestic capacit...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University of Warwick
The project partially answers the question as it provides a comprehensive understanding of the innovation readiness of foundation industries, but does not specifically address the evaluation methods of a country's regions and sectors of dynamic comparative advantage.
Over the last decades manufacturing in UK regions has been exposed to intense global competition, particularly as a consequence of trade liberalisation. At the same time, there is an increasing recognition that regions p...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
The project partially answers the question as it focuses on the enhancement of a region's ability to identify and exploit knowledge of technological innovations, but does not specifically address the evaluation methods of a country's regions and sectors of dynamic comparative advantage.