This book analyses how foreign direct investors choose their locations, whilst exploring the forces which shape international economic geography. Although these two issues are, to some extent, inter-related, researchers have only recently acknowledged the similarity of economic geography and...

This examination of multinational location strategy focuses on the areas of economics, management and policy. It discusses issues such as regionalism and international trade; location patterns, local content rules and foreign direct investment; and, plant location in Eastern European countries

This paper aims at evaluating the scope of the bargaining power theory which considers direct investment restrictions—particularly regarding capital ownership—as the result of a bargaining process between the MNE and the host country. Three points are specifically studied: the conflict...

The location choices of foreign direct investment within the European Union are increasingly seen as “location tournaments” between countries willing to attract firms. The spatial organization of these multinational firms has become a very sensitive topic. Within this context, we study the...

Multinational Firms and International Relocation addresses the impact of inward foreign direct investment on the host country and the extent to which it displaces jobs at home. Multinational firms in the United States, Japan and the European Union are focused on by a distinguished group of...

This book analyses how foreign direct investors choose their locations, whilst exploring the forces which shape international economic geography. Although these two issues are, to some extent, inter-related, researchers have only recently acknowledged the similarity of economic geography and...

[spa] La localizaciôn en el extranjero de las empresas multinacionales. Un enfoque de economia geogrâfica jerarquizada aplicado a las empresas japonesas en Europa La decision de localizaciôn de una empresa multinacional puede describirse como una secuencia de decisiones . geogrâficas en la...

[spa] Internacionalización y localización de las firmas multinacionales: el ejemplo de las empresas francesas en Europa . . Las multinacionales francesas, tras un inicio tardío de su proceso de internacionalización, siguen realizando sus inversiones directas en Europa de manera muy...