MANUFACTURING FIRMS' VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT ACTIVITY AND COMMITMENT TO SITE: IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS RETENTION POLICY |
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| Authors: | Barry Bozeman J. Lisle Bozeman |
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| Affiliation: | BARRY BOZEMAN is Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Maxwell School's Technology and Information Policy Program. His most recent book is All Organizations Are Public: Bridging Public and Private Organization Theory;. Books in the field of technology policy include Strategic Management of Industrial R&D (with Mike Crow and Albert Link) and Investments in Technology: Corporate Strategy and Public Policy (with Albert Link). J. LISLE BOZEMAN is Director of Research for the City of Syracuse and is a doctoral candidate, specializing in public financial management, in the Maxwell School's Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Ph. D. Program. She previously served as Capital Planner for the City of Syracuse and Legislative Budget Director for the Onondaga (N Y) County Legislature. Her research has appeared in a variety of journals including Journal of Public Policy, Public Productivity Review;, and Public Budgeting and Finance. |
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| Abstract: | Relationships between a variety of firm characteristics and perceptions of government are investigated. Then views about government are considered in connection with firms' commitment to their present location. One finding that is well supported is that taxes and regulations (at least for this sample and within this region) are a source of considerable dissatisfaction. Satisfaction with government services does not come near "offsetting" the displeasure with taxes and regulations. Larger firms are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of government constraints, but more likely to have favorable views about government services. There is no evidence from this data that high tech firms differ significantly from other firms in their views about government. In regards to implications for business retention, the findings support the notion that state governments seeking to market their state to businesses located elsewhere might turn a greater proportion of attention to businesses currently residing in the state. |
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