The Producer Services Sector and Development within the Deindustrializing Urban Community.

This article examines alternative models of producer services development in metro politan communities and analyzes factors associated with the development of producer services in two deindustrializing urban communities the primary metropolitan statistical areas (PMSAs) of Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Sample surveys of producer services in each metropolitan area reveal mat establishments: (1) tend to be primarily dependent upon the revenue generated by local trade within the local metropolitan area; (2) tend to simultaneously engage in nonlocal trade and directly contribute to interurban integration and dominance of large metropolitan centers; and (3) engage most extensively in trade, both locally and nonlocally, with other service-sector industries, rather than manufacturing. These findings suggest that producer services development may be sustained in deindustrializing urban communities and that it is not primarily dependent upon trade with locally based manufacturing industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]