Die Bewertung internationaler Produktionsstandorte wirdfürUnternehmenimmer wichtiger. Standortentscheidungen werden aber oftvorrangig unter Kostengesichtspunkten getroffen. Die Quoten der enttäuschten Rückverlagerer zeigen, dass das Risiko des Scheiterns dabei hoch ist. Neben...

What are the forces that are driving firms and industries to globalize their operations? This volume explores how specific industries have organized their global operations through case studies of seven manufacturing industries: garments and textiles, automobiles and auto parts, televisions,...

The effect of regulation on a dominant firm to protect fringe firms in a local market -- Corporate taxation and regional economic development in Japan: A panel analysis of prefectural-level data -- Economies of scale and culmulative causation -- Firms' human resource management for local economy...

Using a Melitz-style model of heterogeneous firms, Baldwin and Okubo (2006) recently presented a theoretical model in which self-sorting occurs and more productive factories choose to locate in more productive areas. The model suggests that firm-specific factors and regional factors affect each...