Firms’ Location Selections and Regional Policy in the Global Economy

Ishikawa, Toshiharu

This book offers a new understanding of how firms determine their location and what kinds of regional economic policies are needed to attract factories to a country and a region in a highly globalized economic setting. The theoretical and empirical analyses examine the influence of the transfer pricing system, corporate tax rates, and a country’s industrial structure on a firm’s decision to locate and the impact of firms’ location on regional economic activities. The theoretical analysis elucidates the importance of the above-mentioned factors in the firm’s selection of possible location. The empirical analysis uses as an example the case of a supply chain in East Asia. The empirical analysis is illustrated with the regional/spatial development experiences at the country level and city level of selected countries and cities. The analysis offers a perspective for understanding the spatial patterns of a cross-border production system.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2015-06-12

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9784431553656

DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-55366-3

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 288