Headquarters in canada: An analysis of spatial patterns

Urban Geography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 232-252

  Meyer, Stephen P ^a   Green, Milford B ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Headquarters head offices; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0141974935     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.24.3.232     Document Type: Article

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