1st Edition
Industrial Location Principles, Practice and Policy
256 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Location is vital to the efficiency and profitability of industrial activity. Industrial Location presents a comprehensive introduction to and critical review of this field of growing academic and business interest. In business, the right choices have to be made to produce profit. Industrial location is a fixed investment, crucial to the strategy and capital investment of any organization.... Read more
1 WHAT IS INDUSTRIAL LOCATION? 2 LOCATING TO MINIMIZE COSTS 3 LOCATING TO MAXIMIZE REVENUES AND PROFITS 4 GROWTH AND LOCATION OF SERVICE ACTIVITIES 5 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATION 6 TECHNOLOGY AND LOCATIONAL CHANGE7 INDUSTRIAL LOCATION AND INDUSTRIAL GEOGRAPHY 8 HOW COMPANIES ACTUALLY MAKE LOCATION DECISIONS 9 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENTS 10 SECTOR-SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES 11 CONNECTING THE PIECES
Biography
J.W.Harrington is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Geography at the Institute of Public Policy at George Mason University; Barney Warf is Associate Professor of Geography, Florida State University.
