Employment in business functions

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Employment in business functions A quantitative
European analysis
Karen Geurts Monique Ramioul HIVA K.U.Leuven
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• WORKS Quantitative pillar
• quantitative evidence on changes in work that are
  caused by global value chain restructuring
• Part 1 estimating employment effects
• of global value chain restructuring
• job growth, job losses and shifts in employment
• on the basis of existing European datasets

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Unit of analysis in value chain restructuring
business function a cluster of activities
which adds value to the product or service and
which is technologically and economically
distinct from other clusters of activities

• Quantify employment (evolutions) in business
  functions

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Presentation

• Glimpse on the methodology
• Main conclusions

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Methodology

• Identification of business functions
• Proxies for business functions
• crossings of occupations and sectors
• gt ISCO NACE classification
• European Labour Force Survey

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Sector A
Sector D
Sector C
Sector B
X
X
X
X
Occup A
X
X
X
X
Occup B
X
X
X
X
Occup C
X
X
X
X
Occup D
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Methodology
Textile and clothing sector NACE 17 18
Business functions

• Core production activities
• Logistics
• RD

ISCO 743 Textile, garment and related trades
workers ISCO 826 Textile-, fur- and
leather-products machine operators ISCO 932
Manufacturing labourers
ISCO 413 Material-recording and transport
clerks ISCO 933 Transport labourers and freight
handlers
ISCO 214 Architects, engineers and related
professionals ISCO 311 Physical engineering
science technicians ISCO 347 Commercial designers
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Methodology
Textile and clothing sector number of employed
in 3 business functions
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Methodology
Logistic occupations ISCO 413
Material-recording and transport clerks ISCO 933
Transport labourers and freight handlers
Logistic occupations number of employed in
sectors
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• Selection of 5 generic business functions
• Logistics
• Marketing and Sales
• Customer services
• Legal and financial services
• IT services

• Selection of 3 sectors
• Textile and clothing industry
• Food industry
• IT sector

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Conclusions
1. Core activities of companies strenghthening
versus change 2. Concentration of business
functions in specialized sectors 3. No clear
evidence for geographical moves
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Core activities of companies

• IT-sector Concentration on core activities

• Textile and clothing sector Change of core
  activities

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Concentration of business functions in
specialized sectors
IT services
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Concentration of business functions in
specialized sectors
Logistic services

• Similar evolution in
• Marketing and sales
• Financial and legal services

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No evidence of geographical shifts
IT services
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No evidence of geographical shifts
Logistic services
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WORKS Project report D9.2 The transformation
of work? Part 1. Tracing employment in business
functions http//www.worksproject.be/Subgroup_2_p
roj_reports.htm