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The Economics of Industrial Location. A Logistics-Costs Approach.
Philip McCann
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Description for The Economics of Industrial Location. A Logistics-Costs Approach.
Hardback. An exploration of the relationship between the location of the firm, its markets and suppliers, and the inventory holding behaviour of the firm. It covers all areas of industrial location and linkage behaviour. Series: Advances in Spatial Science. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 520.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Advances in Spatial Science
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540645863
SKU
V9783540645863
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99-15
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