Non-farm businesses local economic integration level: the case of six Portuguese small and medium-sized Markettowns• - a sector approach

ESPOSENDE

When the number of non-agricultural business firms is considered, the situation
concerning purchase level in view of the LII is 0.45 and of the ELII is 0.57. In what
concerns the activity sector, only the Construction sector shows a behaviour similar to
the whole of the business firms (moderate). Fishing, Wholesale Commerce, Retail
Commerce, Transport and Communications and Personal Services (very weak)
presented lower values. Public Administration and Banking and finance (strong and
very strong), on the contrary, reached higher values. The situation regarding sales level
in view of the LII is 0.43 and of the ELII is 0.46. In what concerns the activity sector,
Construction and Public Administration behave similarly to the whole of the business
firms (moderate). Fishing, Wholesale Commerce, Retail Commerce, Transport and
Communications and Personal Services registered lower values (very weak). The
Banking and Finance sector registered higher values (very strong).

In terms of the bivariate analysis, the variable influencing purchase for the whole of the
business firms is the Business Firm Size, regarding only Zone (A+B). When one
considers the Retail Commerce sector separately, one concludes that only the Business
Firm Location influences local integration but only for Zone (A+B). The variables
influencing sales for the whole of the business firms are the Business Firm Size, the
Business Firm Type and Number of Years at the Residence, regarding both Zone (A+B)
and Zone (A+B+C). When one considers the Wholesale Commerce sector separately,
only the Business Firm Location variable seems to influence local integration but only
when Zone (A+B+C) is taken into consideration. (see tables 16 and 17).

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