Industrial location economics / edited by Philip McCann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McCann, Philip, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial location.

Space in economics.

Industrial sites.

Business relocation.

International business enterprises--Location.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

xvii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

Part I Analytical Approaches to Industrial Location

1 Classical and neoclassical location-production models / Philip McCann 3

2 The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system / John B. Parr 32

3 Geographical grids in 'new economic geography' models / Dirk Stelder 83

4 Firm migration / Piet H. Pellenbarg, Leo J.G. van Wissen, Jouke van Dijk 110

Part II Cities and Industrial Clusters

5 Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter? / Gilles Duranton, Diego Puga 151

6 Global cities, internationalization and urban systems / Ian R. Gordon 187

7 Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives / Michael Steiner 207

8 Theory, methods and a cross-metropolitan comparison of business clustering / Edward J. Feser, Stuart H. Sweeney 222

Part III Multinational Firms and Location Behaviour

9 The location decision of the multinational enterprise / Ram Mudambi 263

10 The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions / John Cantwell, Simona Iammarino 286

11 The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry / Tomokazu Arita, Philip McCann 319.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840646721

OCLC:

48857951