On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home market effect”, since there is little local demand for soccer balls. This paper traces the development of the cluster from its origins in the late 1800s and shows that it was rooted in an initial home market effect due to the presence of British colonists. Subsequent expansion was driven by agglomeration forces and effective industrial policy. The case study underlines the importance of longer-term historical dynamics and the role of industrial policy for understanding a country’s contemporaneous pattern of specialization in the world economy.
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Journal Article biblioteca |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2016-03-29
|
Subjects: | SPORTING GOODS, MANUFACTURING, EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS, SPATIAL ECONOMICS, INDUSTRIAL POLICY, COMPETITION POLICY, SPECIALIZATION, |
Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229 |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
dig-okr-1098632229 |
---|---|
record_format |
koha |
spelling |
dig-okr-10986322292023-08-29T02:25:45Z On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home market effect”, since there is little local demand for soccer balls. This paper traces the development of the cluster from its origins in the late 1800s and shows that it was rooted in an initial home market effect due to the presence of British colonists. Subsequent expansion was driven by agglomeration forces and effective industrial policy. The case study underlines the importance of longer-term historical dynamics and the role of industrial policy for understanding a country’s contemporaneous pattern of specialization in the world economy. 2019-08-13T16:40:28Z 2019-08-13T16:40:28Z 2016-03-29 Journal Article Article de journal Artículo de revista http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229 English World Bank Economic Review CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO World Bank http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo application/pdf text/plain Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank |
institution |
Banco Mundial |
collection |
DSpace |
country |
Estados Unidos |
countrycode |
US |
component |
Bibliográfico |
access |
En linea |
databasecode |
dig-okr |
tag |
biblioteca |
region |
America del Norte |
libraryname |
Biblioteca del Banco Mundial |
language |
English |
topic |
SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION |
spellingShingle |
SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
description |
Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center
of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of
the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home
market effect”, since there is little local demand for
soccer balls. This paper traces the development of the
cluster from its origins in the late 1800s and shows that it
was rooted in an initial home market effect due to the
presence of British colonists. Subsequent expansion was
driven by agglomeration forces and effective industrial
policy. The case study underlines the importance of
longer-term historical dynamics and the role of industrial
policy for understanding a country’s contemporaneous pattern
of specialization in the world economy. |
format |
Journal Article |
topic_facet |
SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION |
author |
Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric |
author_facet |
Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric |
author_sort |
Atkin, David |
title |
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
title_short |
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
title_full |
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
title_fullStr |
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
title_full_unstemmed |
On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster |
title_sort |
on the origins and development of pakistan’s soccer-ball cluster |
publisher |
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank |
publishDate |
2016-03-29 |
url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT atkindavid ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster AT chaudhryazam ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster AT chaudryshamyla ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster AT khandelwalamitk ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster AT razatariq ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster AT verhoogeneric ontheoriginsanddevelopmentofpakistanssoccerballcluster |
_version_ |
1775948855628529664 |