The geography of competition : firms, prices, and localization / John R. Miron.
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and expert synthesis of location theory. What are the impacts of a firm's geographic location on the locations of customers, suppliers, and competitors in a market economy? How, when, and why does this result in the clustering of firms in space? W...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Springer, ©2010. |
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Table of Contents:
- The craft of the story teller
- The firm at home and abroad
- Logistics and programming
- The struggling masses
- Arbitrage in the grand scheme
- Ferrying inputs and outputs
- What the firm does on-site
- Staking out the firm's market
- The cautious farmer and the local market
- Farming for cash
- The city and its hinterland
- Local production and consumption.