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Spatiality, Clustering, and the Agglomeration Economies of Scale: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Informal Manufacturing in Harare, Zimbabwe

Spatiality, Clustering, and the Agglomeration Economies of Scale: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Informal Manufacturing in Harare, Zimbabwe

Simbarashe Show Mazongonda, Innocent Chirisa
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522541653|ISBN10: 1522541659|EISBN13: 9781522541660
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch013
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Mazongonda, Simbarashe Show, and Innocent Chirisa. "Spatiality, Clustering, and the Agglomeration Economies of Scale: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Informal Manufacturing in Harare, Zimbabwe." Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World, edited by Joshua Mugambwa and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 224-247. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch013

APA

Mazongonda, S. S. & Chirisa, I. (2018). Spatiality, Clustering, and the Agglomeration Economies of Scale: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Informal Manufacturing in Harare, Zimbabwe. In J. Mugambwa & M. Katusiimeh (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World (pp. 224-247). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch013

Chicago

Mazongonda, Simbarashe Show, and Innocent Chirisa. "Spatiality, Clustering, and the Agglomeration Economies of Scale: A Spatial Statistical Approach to Informal Manufacturing in Harare, Zimbabwe." In Handbook of Research on Urban Governance and Management in the Developing World, edited by Joshua Mugambwa and Mesharch W. Katusiimeh, 224-247. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4165-3.ch013

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Abstract

This chapter is based on a study that tests the realities of agglomeration economies of scale due to clustering of small-scale manufacturing firms of the informal type in Zimbabwe. Little has been studied on how the informal sector thrives on agglomeration economies of scale in developing countries. Despite this lack of research, this chapter acknowledges the existence of strong networks among small-scale manufacturers in urban Zimbabwe. These linkages, contrary to practices within large-scale manufacturers, are cemented by strong ties of entrepreneurialism. With big manufacturers, the ties are usually worker-based and less defined along entrepreneurial lines. Using spatial statistical approach, the test revealed that tool sharing, output-input relationship, employment creation, and sharing of knowledge economies of scale are also evident in developing countries.

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