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  title info:
    title: Growth pole
    sub title: a spatial analysis of the determinants of growth patterns for a propulsive industrial complex--a case study of Dow petrochemical industrial complex in Brazoria County, Texas (1960-1989)
  name:
    name part: Akpadock, Francis Andrew.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Landphair, Harlow C.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Sweeney, Donald A.
    role:
      role term: degree supervisor.
  name:
    name part: Bednarz, Robert S.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Hinojosa, Jesus H.
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Var, Turgut
    role:
      role term: degree committee member.
  name:
    name part: Texas A & M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Academic theses
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 232 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
  abstract: The popular notion that a regional prosperity is synonymous with the growth of its industrial base has been instrumental in the introduction of large-scale, propulsive industries as growth poles in economically lagging regions. In many cases, success has been achieved, and in others, the results have been disappointing. Disappointments in some of the regions have been attributed to limited internal growth and expansion capabilities of selected industries. Consequently, this research was designed with two goals in mind: (1) To investigate factors associated with the growth of propulsive industries using Dow petrochemical industry as a case study, and (2) To apply IMPLAN input-output to analyze the impact of Dow on employment growth in Brazoria County. An investigation into the determinants of the growth of industries was conducted through a random survey of 450 large and small industries nationwide, drawn from Fortune 500 and other manufacturing directories. Responses received from two groups of industries were tabulated and graphed to depict levels of positive responses for each question. The two graphs were later superimposed to detect the so-called indifference zone. The variables that constituted the indifference zone became the growth factors for large industries and a basis for testing hypotheses related to Dow's industrial operation.
  note: by Francis Andrew Akpadock.
  note: Typescript (photocopy).
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major subject: Urban and regional science."
  note: Ph. D. Texas A & M University 1990
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dow Chemical Company.
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    topic: Industrial location
    geographic: Texas
    geographic: Brazoria County
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Dow Chemical Company.
  subject:
    topic: Industrial location
  subject:
    topic: Regional planning
  subject:
    geographic: Texas
    geographic: Brazoria County
  subject:
    topic: Urban and Regional Science
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 910905
    record change date: 20200904152459.0
    record identifier: in00001043015
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng