Research Catalog

Title

Location, location, location : a plant location and site selection guide / Marcel De Meirleir.

Author

De Meirleir, Marcel.

Publication

New York : Haworth Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Description

xiii, 166 pages; 22 cm

Subjects

• De Meirleir, Marcel
• International business enterprises > Location > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Industrial location > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Industrial location consultants > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Industrial sites > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Business relocation > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

The Pre-Chicago Era -- The Academic Period at the University of Chicago -- Returning to Belgium -- The Plant Location International Period -- The Academic Career (1975-1990) -- Chapter 1. General Principles of Industrial Location -- The Base Philosophy: The Purpose of an Industrial Location Study -- Industrial Location -- Techniques Used in Industrial Location Studies -- Changes in Methodology and Approach in Recent Years -- Chapter 2. The Project Definition: Basic Requirements -- The Ten Main Intangibles -- The BERI Rating -- Chapter 3. Critical Factors Analysis -- The Critical Factors -- Locational Feasibility Studies -- Mergers, Joint Ventures, and Acquisitions -- Chapter 4. The Economic Analysis-Part I: Analysis of the Nonrecurring Cost Factors -- Calculating Investment Costs -- Chapter 5. The Economic Analysis-Part II: Analysis of the Recurring Cost Factors -- Labor Costs -- Transportation Costs -- Utility Cost -- Taxation -- Tax Incentives -- Chapter 6. Analysis of Intangible Factors -- The Investment Climate -- The Social Climate -- The Political Situation -- The Economic Situation -- Chapter 7. Other Elements -- Financing "The Investments" -- Cash Flow Tables -- Industrial Location and Ecology -- Chapter 8. Community and Site Analysis -- Geographic Aspects -- Socioeconomic Aspects -- Site Location Process -- Community Analysis -- Site Analysis -- Infrastructure -- Chapter 9. Decision Making -- The Weighing of Factors in Location Decision Making -- Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations -- The Use of Consultants -- Chapter 10. Locating Warehouses, Research and Development Centers, Headquarters, and Call Centers -- Warehouses -- Research and Development Laboratories and Research Centers -- Headquarters -- Call Centers -- Chapter 11. Attracting Investments -- Regional and Economic Balance -- What Industries to Attract: Matching Offer and Demand -- How to Cooperate with Industry -- The Ten Commandments for Regions Desiring to Attract Investments -- Chapter 12. Industrial and Development Studies -- The European Union -- Other Areas in Europe -- The Euro -- Chapter 13. Industrial Location As a Science and Its Role in the Future -- Industrial Location As a Science -- Location Studies and the Future -- Chapter 14. The Consultant's Role in Site Selection -- Site Selection Principles -- Who Seeks Sites? -- When a Company Undertakes Its Own Location Study -- How Does the Consultant Come In? -- The Six Major Qualities of a Location Consultant -- Incentives -- The Final Recommendations -- Implementing the Decision -- The Language of Location -- List of Stories -- List of Location Tools.

ISBN

• 9780789019660 (hard 13 : alk. paper)
• 0789019663 (hard 10 : alk. paper)
• 9780789019677 (soft 13 : alk. paper)
• 0789019671 (soft 10 : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2007015505
• 40014995208

OCLC

• 123390958
• ocn123390958
• SCSB-9034591

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries