Location, Location, Location: A Plant Location and Site Selection Guide

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ISBN: 9780789019660 | 0789019663
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 2/22/2008

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In this concise and invaluable primer on industrial location decisions, one of the world's leading site consultants offers readers a wealth of knowledge from over fifty years of professional practice. Location, Location, Location describes in depth the general principles of industrial location; the requirements, critical factors, costs, intangible factors, and community and site analysis; the weighing of factors; feasibility studies; and strategies for regions desiring to attract investments. Book jacket.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
The Pre-Chicago Era	p. ix
The Academic Period at the University of Chicago	p. x
Returning to Belgium	p. xi
The Plant Location International Period	p. xii
The Academic Career (1975-1990)	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
General Principles of Industrial Location	p. 7
The Base Philosophy: The Purpose of an Industrial Location Study	p. 7
Industrial Location	p. 11
Techniques Used in Industrial Location Studies	p. 12
Changes in Methodology and Approach in Recent Years	p. 21
The Project Definition: Basic Requirements	p. 33
The Ten Main Intangibles	p. 41
The BERI Rating	p. 42
Critical Factors Analysis	p. 43
The Critical Factors	p. 43
Locational Feasibility Studies	p. 53
Mergers, Joint Ventures, and Acquisitions	p. 53
The Economic Analysis-Part I: Analysis of the Nonrecurring Cost Factors	p. 55
Calculating Investment Costs	p. 58
The Economic Analysis-Part II: Analysis of the Recurring Cost Factors	p. 69
Labor Costs	p. 69
Transportation Costs	p. 70
Utility Cost	p. 72
Taxation	p. 74
Tax Incentives	p. 77
Analysis of Intangible Factors	p. 81
The Investment Climate	p. 81
The Social Climate	p. 82
The Political Situation	p. 84
The Economic Situation	p. 87
Other Elements	p. 91
Financing "The Investments"	p. 91
Cash Flow Tables	p. 93
Industrial Location and Ecology	p. 94
In Conclusion	p. 95
Community and Site Analysis	p. 97
Geographic Aspects	p. 97
Socioeconomic Aspects	p. 98
Site Location Process	p. 100
Community Analysis	p. 101
Site Analysis	p. 104
Infrastructure	p. 106
Decision Making	p. 109
The Weighing of Factors in Location Decision Making	p. 109
Drawing Conclusions and Making Recommendations	p. 111
The Use of Consultants	p. 115
In Conclusion	p. 118
Locating Warehouses, Research and Development Centers, Headquarters, and Call Centers	p. 121
Warehouses	p. 121
Research and Development Laboratories and Research Centers	p. 122
Headquarters	p. 124
Call Centers	p. 125
Attracting Investments	p. 129
Regional and Economic Balance	p. 129
What Industries to Attract: Matching Offer and Demand	p. 131
How to Cooperate with Industry	p. 134
The Ten Commandments for Regions Desiring to Attract Investments	p. 135
Industrial and Development Studies	p. 137
The European Union	p. 137
Other Areas in Europe	p. 139
The Euro	p. 139
Industrial Location As a Science and Its Role in the Future	p. 141
Industrial Location As a Science	p. 141
Location Studies and the Future	p. 142
The Consultant's Role in Site Selection	p. 145
Site Selection Principles	p. 145
Who Seeks Sites?	p. 146
When a Company Undertakes Its Own Location Study	p. 147
How Does the Consultant Come In?	p. 148
The Six Major Qualities of a Location Consultant	p. 148
Incentives	p. 150
The Final Recommendations	p. 151
Implementing the Decision	p. 151
In Conclusion	p. 152
The Language of Location	p. 153
List of Stories	p. 155
List of Location Tools	p. 157
Index	p. 159
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