Regional transport networks and competencies

- a case study of transport chains in the furniture industry of Salling

Abstract

The paper is based on a research project with a focus on inter-firm networks in transport chains and their territorial embeddednes. The furniture industry in Salling, in the western part of Denmark, is characterised by a large number of firms concentrated in a small area. The firms represents a regional inter-firm network and a concentration of a specific activity that influences the transport of input (wood) to and output (furniture) from the local furniture industry. The scope of the project has been to:
- analyse the geography of transport corridors and composition of transport chains related to the
furniture industry
- identify the location of compentencies (organisationally and geographically) in the transport
chains connecting the value chain of the furniture industry in Salling