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The dynamics of industrial location : the factory, the firm, and the production system /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hayter, Roger, 1947- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1997.
Subjects:
Industrial location.
Industrie > Localisation.
industrial location.
Standort
Standortfaktor > Wirtschaft
Unternehmen
Locatie.
Industrie.
Industriële geografie.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of contents
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: The Problem Of Industrial Transformation.
  • Industrial Geography.
  • Manufacturing Change in Historical Perspective.
  • The Geography of Manufacturing.
  • The Location Of Factories.
  • Location Conditions and Location Factors.
  • Factory Location as a Cost-Minimizing Exercise.
  • The Location of Factories as a Decision-Making Process.
  • The Location of Factories as a Strategic Process.
  • The Manufacturing Firm And Its Geography.
  • The Size Distribution of Firms: Geographical Perspectives.
  • Formation and Function of New (and Small) Firms.
  • Medium-Size Firms, Big Firms Locally.
  • The Growth of Multinational Firms.
  • Corporate Restructuring and Employment Flexibility.
  • Production Systems And Local Development.
  • Production Systems and Industrial Districts.
  • Core- Firm-Dominated Production Systems and the Japanese Auto Industry.
  • Production Systems in Home and Host Economies.
  • De-Industrialized Regions: Restructured and Rejuvenating?
  • Industrial Transformation and Jobs: Contemporary Dilemmas.
  • Appendices.
  • Index.