headquarters location patterns. The research reported here singles out t/c considerations as the logical basis for headquarters … location decisions. We ask: to what degree do transportation/communication consideration explain the patterns of headquarters … location? The case of manufacturing firms with five or more establishments and no manufacturing activity at the headquarters …

Many employers link wages at the firm’s establishments outside of the home region to the level at headquarters …. Multinationals that anchor-to-the headquarters also transmit wage changes arising from shocks to minimum wages and exchange rates in …