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Economic Perspectives, Vol. 13, 3rd, No. 5, September 1989
The geography of value added

Marketing, R&D, even accounting and legal departments, add value to a manufacturer's product, but that value is attributed solely to the production site, a practice that distorts our understanding of regional manufacturing activity.

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