Knowledge based firms like IT companies do neither have a capital- nor a land intensive production. They predominantly rely on qualified labour and increasingly depend on the location of its (potential) employees. This would imply that firms follow its workers and not the other way around....

How does export liberalization affect firm location choice and the spatial concentration of economic activity? We address these questions using the geo-coordinates of Chinese manufacturing firms and find that export widens inter-city and intra-city spatial disparities by reinforcing initially...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Overview of Industrial Agglomeration and Location of Japanese FDI -- Chapter 3 Agglomeration Economies of Assembly-type Manufacturing Industry in Japan -- Chapter 4 Agglomeration Effects and Location of Japanese FDI in East Asia -- Chapter 5 Market potential,...