Why Do Firms Relocate? Lessons from a Regional Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23236201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christophe Carrincazeaux (Université de Bordeaux), Marie Coris (0000-0001-9667-9609, Université de Bordeaux, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1695-1721 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Planning Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0965-4313 • E-ISSN: 1469-5944 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09654313.2015.1048186 |
| OpenAlex | W1557631653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 50 |
In recent years, the qualitative evolution of relocations (from low-cost offshoring to more technologically intensive relocations) has become a new concern in political debate. Focusing on these new trends, the aim of this paper is to better understand relocations from the firms’ point of view. The concept of relocation is reformulated by adopting a broad definition considering it as a specific dimension of firms’ mobility options. We consider three analytical dimensions: relocation as a productive problem (“relational space” for coordination), relocation in a territorial dimension (“geographical space”) and relocation as a complex decision-making process (“political space”). On this basis, we combine two strands of literature (economics of proximity and institutional approaches of the firm) for a better understanding of the decision-making process and the resulting diversity of situations. The framework is finally applied to the specific case of the Aquitaine region of southwest France in order to identify the conditions of anchoring and mobility of firms in spatial terms. Our aim is to show that the decision-making process of relocations cannot be reduced to a simple cost calculation, leaving room for local public policies.
Business · Dimension (graph theory) · Diversity (politics) · Economic geography · Economics · Industrial organization · Offshoring · Order (exchange) · Outsourcing · Point (geometry) · Political science · Politics · Process (computing) · Relocation · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Finance · French Urban and Social Studies · Marketing · Regional resilience and development · Social Sciences and Governance
Multinationals and Economic Geography
Multinational Firms in the World Economy
The Spatial Economy
The Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography
Multinational Firms and the Theory of International Trade
Outsourcing in a Global Economy
The firm relocation decision
Localized Learning Revisited
Firms, Contracts, and Trade Structure
The Eclectic (OLI) Paradigm of International Production
Clusters, Proximities and Networks
The Internationalization of Corporate R&D
Introduction
Mobility of skilled workers and co-invention networks
Offshoring and the global geography of innovation
Value chains, networks and clusters
Modular Production and the New Division of Labour Within Europe
Innovation and Proximity
Conceptualizing the role of politics in the economy
Informational Cascades versus Network Externalities in Locational Choice
Proximity and Localization
Global production networks
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |