Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Perspectives
by Pawel Capik (Editor), Magdalena Dej (Editor)

About the Author
Dr Pawel Capik lectures in international business at Keele University (UK). His research explores interdependencies between international business strategies and operations and regional development theory and practice, particularly in the context of emerging and transition economies. Paweł’s research areas include inward investment attraction and place marketing, sourcing and shoring strategies, large and small firms' internationalization and location motivations and their impacts on regional and local economies. ​
Dr Magdalena Dej is a geography researcher at the National Institute for Spatial Policy and Housing (Poland). She received her PhD from Jagiellonian Univeristy and specializes in economic local and regional development, particularly the development of rural areas. She authored and coauthored several books, numerous reports and research papers on the impacts of large companies on local communities as well as on rural areas and their relationship with major metropolitan areas and labor markets. Magdalena led and participated in several international research projects financed by the European Union Interreg IVC, International Visegrad Fund, Polish-German Foundation for Science and National Science Centre, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

About this book
This timely volume provides a thorough analysis of current trends in location and relocation of economic activity globally, regionally and locally. Using robust empirical material this book offers a multidisciplinary, comprehensive overview, critique and extension of long-established theories underpinning patterns of firm (re)location. It explores dominant trends in the mobility and relocation of industries and firms, examines the factors guiding such trends and evaluates their consequences in both developed and emerging economies in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
This book will be appreciated by diverse audiences. Geography and regional science researchers of ‘economic activity location’ can engage with the critical appraisal of key theoretical concepts and an analysis of recent empirical data. Students of human and economic geography, planning, regional development, and global supply chain management in senior years of undergraduate programmes and completing postgraduate degrees will appreciate the accessible language, multiple examples and graphical illustrations of theoretical frameworks underpinning location and relocation of firms and industries, and its consequences. Practitioners, including local and regional policy makers and location consultants will enjoy the comparative discussion of solutions and practices adopted in localities, regions and countries as diverse as China, Brazil, The Netherlands and Poland.

Contents
1 Spatial Organisation and Movements of Firms and Industries: The Role of Firm and Place in (Re)Location Research
Part I Spatial Reconfigurations of Firms and Industries
2 Between Location, Persistence and Relocation—Early Historical and Spatial Trajectories of the Polish Aviation Industry
3 The Relocation of the Automotive Industry in Brazil and Mexico: Between Corporate Strategies and Industrial Policies
4 Industrial Upgrading and Downgrading of Export-Oriented Furniture Firms in the Market Reorientation Towards China’s Domestic Market
5 The Changing Firm Landscape and Firm Location Behaviour
Part II Firm Relocation Factors and Consequences
6 Relocation of Economic Activity Within Major Metropolitan Areas in Poland—Scale and Key Characteristics
7 Identifying Factors Relevant for Firms’ Location and Relocation. The Case of Ticino
8 The Effects of the 2007 Global Economic Crisis on Firm Relocation Factors: SME Movements from Greece to Bulgaria
9 Location of R&D Abroad—An Analysis on Global Cities
10 Delocalisation of Enterprises: Qualitative and Quantitative Effects on the Labour Market
11 Epilogue: Relocation Factors and Consequences—Towards a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda

Length: 189 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 2019 edition (August 30, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3319922815
ISBN-13: 978-3319922812