In forschungsintensiven Industrien nimmt die räumliche Konzentration von Akteuren aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik immer größeren Einfluss auf die Standortwahl von Unternehmen. Zusätzlich unterstützen strukturpolitische Maßnahmen die Etablierung von Clusterinitiativen, um die...

Gesamtwirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Automobilzulieferer -- Produktionsverlagerungen und Rückverlagerungen -- Standortentscheidungsrelevante Zukunftstrends für Automobilzulieferer -- Muster internationaler Produktions- und Standortstrategien -- Methoden zur fundierten Standortbewertung bei...

Practitioners in process industry have to increasingly adapt their global production networks to changes in the competitive environment. A majority of the supply network design models proposed by academia do not sufficiently capture the questions that have to be resolved. This book provides the...

This book explores statistical models in regional specialization, presenting a brand new measure. It begins by reviewing existing indicators and models of regional specialization before outlining a newly created, spatially embedded model of specialization based on the spatial distribution of...

This book offers a new understanding of how firms determine their location and what kinds of regional economic policies are needed to attract factories to a country and a region in a highly globalized economic setting. The theoretical and empirical analyses examine the influence of the transfer...

Jakob Schwab analyzes central mechanisms in the systematic economic interaction between rich and poor countries. He focuses on the drivers and effects of investment in developing countries and shows that predictions of standard economic analysis may turn around when accounting for peculiarities...

This book presents an in-depth understanding of the transformation of modern economy in the twenty-first century by examining the interface and interplay of three key forces of contemporary global economy-Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Multinational Enterprises (MNEs), and Global Value Chains...

Einleitung -- Internationale Unternehmungen -- Standortwahl von internationalen Industrieunternehmungen im Hinblick auf die strategische Zielsetzung -- Standortentscheidungsmodelle für international verteilte Industrieunternehmungen -- Entscheidungsmodell zur Bestimmung einer optimalen...