Locational Analysis of Firms' Activities from a Strategic Perspective

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ishikawa, Toshiharu (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Economic growth.; Asia-Economic conditions.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Tax accounting.; Tax laws.; Economic Growth.; Asian Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Business Taxation/Tax Law.

This book presents a variety of research papers on factories' locations, city systems, and regional development. Consisting of three parts, it provides insights into the locational aspects of firms' activities from a strategic perspective. Part 1 discusses decision-making in the context of...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1. Locational shift of firms' activities - Functions of locational factors
• 1. Transport Costs in space-geographical models and contradictions
• 2. A role of agglomeration economies in a regional economy
• 3. Corporate income tax system as location factor: case of Japan
• 4. An empirical analysis of locational changes of PC manufacturing firms in East Asia
• 5. Theoretical analysis on location and production composition of industrial park
• Part 2. Analysis of economic roles of city systems
• 6. Economic analysis of city system
• 7. Network analysis of city systems from a economic geographical perspective
• 8.The Relationship between urban system and regional economic performances -Based on the empirical analysis of Shandong province
• Part 3. Economic phases of development policies including establishing industrial parks
• 9. A role of research park in regional economic development in Sweden
• 10. The Evolution of Economic Zones in the Philippines
• 11 Industrial-wise trade effects of ASEAN-plus-one free trade agreements
• 12. Economic disparities generated in process of industrial development in India.