RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF PLANT LOCATION FACTORS: A CROSS NATIONAL COMPARISON BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA

This paper investigates whether firms that eventually locate their plants in one country vs. another differ in their emphasis on different qualitative variables when making the plant location decision. An empirical study is discussed that was conducted to compare plant location procedures in Malaysia and Singapore. Data was collected from 327 firms. Analysis of results and findings is presented, and future research directions are outlined.

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• Authors:
  • Bhatnagar, R
  • Jayaram, J
  • Phua, Y C
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 147-170
• Serial:
  • Journal of Business Logistics
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers Limited
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2158-1592
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2158-1592

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business practices; Developing countries; Industrial plants; International trade; Location theory; Logistics
• Geographic Terms: Malaysia; Singapore
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Freight Transportation; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964656
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 1 2003 12:00AM