Multinational firms' location preference for regional distribution centers: Focus on the Northeast Asian region

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-121

  Oum, Tae Hoon ^a   Park, Jong Hun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Distribution centers; Location determinants; Logistics hubs; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0348224735     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1366-5545(03)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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