Kodiak: Characteristics of the Support Sector Economy

We compare the support sector of the Kodiak economy to other similarly sized markets in Alaska using employment and sales receipt information available from the state and federal governments. The employment analysis suggests that Kodiak may be underserved, particularly in certain service sectors. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsmith, Scott
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska. 1998
Subjects:
support sector
sales receipt information
service sectors
employment analysis
Central Place Theory
trade and service activities
businesses
communities
Kodiak
market size
Alaska
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12491
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Summary:We compare the support sector of the Kodiak economy to other similarly sized markets in Alaska using employment and sales receipt information available from the state and federal governments. The employment analysis suggests that Kodiak may be underserved, particularly in certain service sectors. In contrast the sales receipt information suggests that the support sector of the Kodiak economy is comparable with similarly sized markets in Alaska. This analysis uses Central Place Theory to understand why the number and variety of businesses varies among communities. In this study we compare the trade and service activities in different Alaska communities using a variety of measures of both activity levels and market size. Kodiak Chamber of Commerce

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