Table of Contents:
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Analytical approaches to industrial location: 1. Classical and neoclassical location - production models
  • 2. The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system
  • 3. Geographical grids in 'new economic geography' models
  • 4. Firm migration
  • Part II. Cities and industrial clusters: 5. Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter?
  • 6. Global cities, internationalization and urban systems
  • 7. Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives
  • Part III. Multinational firms and location behavior: 9. The location decision of the multinational enterprise
  • 10. The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign- owned MNC's in the European regions
  • 11. The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry
  • Index