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The Economics of Industrial Location

A Logistics-Costs Approach

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Authors:
  1. Philip McCann

    1. Department of Economics, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, Reading, England

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  • Exploration of the relationship between the location of the firm, the location of its markets and suppliers, and the inventory holding behaviour of the firm. Covers all areas of industrial location and linkage behaviour.
  • Reader will perceive the location problem and the role of transport costs in a new way which challenges many of the previous conclusions

Part of the book series: Advances in Spatial Science (ADVSPATIAL)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 1-4

  3. Comparing Western and Japanese Industrial Purchasing Linkages

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 5-15

  4. The Location of the Firm in Theory

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 17-47

  5. The Logistics-Costs Model

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 49-133

  6. The Logistics-Costs Analysis of JIT

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 135-162

  7. Research Methodology

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 163-177

  8. Empirical Research: The Scottish Electronics Industry

    • Philip McCann
    Pages 179-207

  9. Conclusions: The Contribution of the Logistics-Costs Model to Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Regional Economics

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    Pages 209-216

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 217-228
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About this book

The motivation for this book comes from the apparent inability of existing orthodox location theory to throw light on a series of location-production problems which are typically faced by modem manufacturing and distribution ftrms. These problems are related to the treatment of time by ftrms, who normally view time costs in terms of inventory costs. From this perspective, traditional industrial location and linkage analysis can be re-cast in a form in which space­ time problems can be dealt with in a unifted manner. The role played by input factor prices and market prices in location behaviour becomes dependent on the relationship between the frequency of shipment and the distance of shipment. This approach provides new insights into the relationship between the optimal location of the ftrm and the value-added by the ftrm, under conditions of either ftxed or varying local factor prices. The approach can then also be extended to discuss the of the spatial changes involved in the new Just-In-Time (JIT) production question philosophy. I would like to acknowledge the many helpful discussions I have had with Bernard Fingleton, Masahisa Fujita, Geoff Hewings, John McCombie, Ron Miller, John Parr, Tony E. Smith, and my colleagues at the University of Reading. Table of Contents Preface vn Introduction 1 1 Comparing Western and Japanese Industrial Purchasing Linkages 5 1. 1 Western Purchasing Linkages 5 Japanese Purchasing Linkages 7 1. 2 1.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Reading, Reading, England

    Philip McCann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Economics of Industrial Location

  • Book Subtitle: A Logistics-Costs Approach

  • Authors: Philip McCann

  • Series Title: Advances in Spatial Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03702-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-64586-3Published: 20 July 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08423-2Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03702-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9602

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-9375

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 228

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Geography, general, Industrial and Production Engineering

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