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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Location Theory"”.
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AN AFROCENTRIC ANALYSIS OF SCHOLARLY LITERATURE ON THE CAYMAN ISLANDS: LOCATION THEORY IN A CARIBBEAN CONTEXT
… was employed to interrogate selected texts using location theory. It was found that the majority of literature on the Cayman Islands, as well as the dominant ideology within the Caribbean has indeed undermined the acknowledgement of African contributions as well as African self-identification in …
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The Impact of Cost Factors On Location of Foreign Direct Investment In Chinese Cities
… <p>More and more attentions are paid to the location determinants of FDI. Extensive literatures highlight the importance of institutional factor, market potential, agglomeration effects and infrastructure capacity and so on. Based on the traditional location theory of FDI, integrating the …
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Supervised classification and network location problems via mathematical optimization
… in the fields of Supervised Classification and Location Theory using tools and techniques coming from Mathematical Optimization. A brief description of these problems and the methodologies proposed for their analysis and resolution is given below. In the first chapter, the principles of …
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Convexification and Global Optimization of Problems Involving the Euclidean Norm
… arising in chemistry and physics and one from location theory. Numerical experiments with the general-purpose global optimization solver BARON indicate that our algorithms accelerate the solution of these problems by up to two orders of magnitude.
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Soul as a Gateway to Erotic Possibilities: An Afrocentric Study of Black Women’s Musical Narratives as Extensions of Agency and Freedom
… social, political, and social phenomena. Location theory, Womanism, and ADQT (Afrocentric Decolonizing Queer Theory) provide a framework for interrogating Afrocentric erotic politics historically and contemporarily through patterns of traditional practices of intimacy and cultural …
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Socio-econimic Analysis of Factors Influencing the Longevity of a Rural Business: A Case Study of Bourgault Industries Limited, St. Brieux, Saskatchewan, Canada
… to investigate the factors influencing the location decision as well as the factors influencing the success of a rural manufacturing firm called Bourgault Industries Limited. Bourgault Industries Limited is a rural family-owned manufacturing firm established in 1974 and it is located in St. …
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The Determinants of Hazardous Waste Siting
… the analysis has not been grounded in economic theory. This paper tests the hypothesis of discrimination in the siting of facilities by integrating location theory, the economic theory of discrimination and the literature on the role of compensation in facility siting to explain the initial site …
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FDI Determinants and the effect of FDI on Economic Growth of the East African Community (EAC)
… To achieve our research objectives, we applied location theory to gain better understanding of different motives of FDI (i.e., market–seeking, resource–seeking, and efficiency–seeking FDI) to the EAC. Location theory is favoured because of it is easy to apply in context to our study, and more …
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From craft to flexibility: linkages and industrial governance systems in the development of a capital-goods industry in Mendoza, Argentina, 1895-1990
… claims that contrary to conventional industrial location theory firms do not locate in view of the previous existence of certain favorable factors, but rather construct these factors as they grow. This argument is operationalized by asking how firms generate in time their own linkages. Examples …
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Path and place : a study of urban geometry and retail activity in Cambridge and Somerville, MA
This dissertation investigates retail location patterns in urban settings -- a domain that has received relatively little attention in recent decades. We analyze which land use, urban form, and agglomeration factors explain observed retail patterns in an empirical case study of Cambridge and …
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Three papers in economic geography
… society. Chapter 1 identifies and explains the locational patterns of the retail trade in Lima by focusing on two different measures: concentration and co-location. Using various methods of spatial analysis that the retail sector in Lima was found to be both clustered and scattered, depending on …
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Balancing the scales : the impact of the built environment on the socioeconomic diversity of Metropolitan Boston
… Residents' preferences for neighborhood style, location, and housing vary depending on need, resources, culture, and place in life. The city and the suburbs both offer different locations, housing options, and urban design that appeal and are available to different types of individuals. A …
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Local economic development as a strategy to enhance community development projects: A case of Thulamela Local Municipality
… The majority of respondents at 48% agreed that Location Theory is vital in promoting local economic development. The study found that community participation and funding are major problem as a key to LED projects. The study also revealed that there is a shortage of land as most land is owned …
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The Impact of Globalization on Inventory and Financial Performance: A Firm-Level and Industry-Level Analysis
… aims to contribute to the construction of a theory of global supply chain management through an empirical testing of hypotheses on the effects of global sourcing, exports and manufacturing offshoring (i.e., foreign subsidiaries) on inventory performance and financial performance, using data …
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State, Resources and the Development of Modern Manufacturing in Zambia, 1924-1973
This dissertation examines the modern manufacturing history of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), focusing on the period when it was administrated as a British protectorate, 1924-1964, until the full nationalization of mining and manufacturing companies in 1973. Many studies have considered the …