On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster

Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home market effect”, since there is little local demand for soccer balls. This paper traces...

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Main Authors:	Atkin, David, Chaudhry, Azam, Chaudry, Shamyla, Khandelwal, Amit K., Raza, Tariq, Verhoogen, Eric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2019
Subjects:	SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229

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spelling	okr-10986-322292021-05-25T10:54:42Z On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home market effect”, since there is little local demand for soccer balls. This paper traces the development of the cluster from its origins in the late 1800s and shows that it was rooted in an initial home market effect due to the presence of British colonists. Subsequent expansion was driven by agglomeration forces and effective industrial policy. The case study underlines the importance of longer-term historical dynamics and the role of industrial policy for understanding a country’s contemporaneous pattern of specialization in the world economy. 2019-08-13T16:40:28Z 2019-08-13T16:40:28Z 2016-03-29 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia Pakistan
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spellingShingle	SPORTING GOODS MANUFACTURING EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS SPATIAL ECONOMICS INDUSTRIAL POLICY COMPETITION POLICY SPECIALIZATION Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
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description	Sialkot, Pakistan, is the world center of hand-stitched soccer-ball manufacturing. The existence of the cluster is puzzling and seems to argue against the “home market effect”, since there is little local demand for soccer balls. This paper traces the development of the cluster from its origins in the late 1800s and shows that it was rooted in an initial home market effect due to the presence of British colonists. Subsequent expansion was driven by agglomeration forces and effective industrial policy. The case study underlines the importance of longer-term historical dynamics and the role of industrial policy for understanding a country’s contemporaneous pattern of specialization in the world economy.
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author	Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric
author_facet	Atkin, David Chaudhry, Azam Chaudry, Shamyla Khandelwal, Amit K. Raza, Tariq Verhoogen, Eric
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title	On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
title_short	On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
title_full	On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
title_fullStr	On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
title_full_unstemmed	On the Origins and Development of Pakistan’s Soccer-Ball Cluster
title_sort	on the origins and development of pakistan’s soccer-ball cluster
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/237351565607037214/On-the-Origins-and-Development-of-Pakistan-s-Soccer-Ball-Cluster http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32229
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