Footloose: An analysis of the drivers of firm relocations over different distances

Weterings, Anet; Knoben, Joris

doi:10.1111/j.1435-5957.2012.00440.x

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“…Pellenbarg and Van Steen () find that most inter‐regional relocations in the Netherlands involve firms leaving the metropolitan core. This finding resonates with more recent findings by Weterings and Knoben () who found that Dutch firms in innovative and urban areas are more likely to relocate over long‐distance. And, distinguishing between manufacturing and services firms, Kronenberg () found that the more densely populated a region is, the more likely manufacturing firms (low and medium‐tech) leave, and the less likely knowledge‐intensive service firms leave.…”

Section: Spatial Product Life Cycle Theorysupporting

confidence: 91%

Spatial Differentiation in Industrial Dynamics. The Case of the Netherlands (1994–2005)

Capasso

Cefis

Frenken

2015

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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We compare the industrial dynamics in the core, semi-periphery and periphery in the Netherlands in terms of firm entry-exit, size, growth and location patterns. The contribution of our work is to provide the first comprehensive study on spatial differentiation in industrial dynamics for all firm sizes and all sectors, including services. We find that location patterns are largely consistent with the spatial product lifecycle model: traditional Fordist sectors are overrepresented in the periphery, while sectors associated with the ICT paradigm are overrepresented in the core, with the notable exception of science-based manufacturing. Second, where the industrial dynamics in manufacturing sectors follow the predicted patterns, the industrial dynamics in service sectors largely contradict product lifecycle theory. We conclude that the spatial product lifecycle theory applies well to traditional manufacturing, while more specific theories are required to understand the location and industrial dynamics of sciencebased industries and service industries.

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Section: Spatial Product Life Cycle Theorysupporting

confidence: 91%

Spatial Differentiation in Industrial Dynamics. The Case of the Netherlands (1994–2005)

Capasso

Cefis

Frenken

2015

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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“…The incidence of firm relocation is much lower. The overall rate of firm relocation for the self-employed group is 3.3% (2.4% + 0.9%), a somewhat higher rate than that found in earlier studies (Weterings & Knoben, 2013). However, the figures are not fully compatible as we have used a specific group of self-employed graduates and we report averages over a longer period.…”

Section: Moving Shop 443mentioning

confidence: 46%

“…Their long-distance relocation rates were 1.2% in 1987 and 3.0% in 1995. Given that the latter are inter-provincial rather than inter-municipal moves, these rates are significantly higher than the earlier Weterings & Knoben (2013) figures. Nevertheless, there is a consistent pattern that firms relocate infrequently and if they do, it tends to be locally.…”

Section: Most Firms Start Local and Stay Localmentioning

confidence: 48%

“…Also firm relocation patterns suggest the local environment is important. Here, Weterings & Knoben (2013) report that 78% of all firm relocations take place within the same municipality.…”

Section: Defining a Locational Matchmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…This is also reflected in the relocation of firms. For the Netherlands, Weterings & Knoben (2013) report an annual move rate of just 4.3% for all firms over the period [2000][2001][2002][2003][2004][2005]. When limited to inter-municipal relocations, the rate drops to 1.2%.…”

Section: Most Firms Start Local and Stay Localmentioning

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Moving Shop: Residential and Business Relocation by the Highly Educated Self-employed

Koster¹,

Venhorst²

2014

Spatial Economic Analysis

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This study addresses the locational puzzle concerning the optimization of firm and residential locations faced by highly educated self-employed entrepreneurs. In contrast to employees, the self-employed have considerable leverage in changing their firm location, which gives them an additional option-apart from a residential move-to resolve household locational issues. Two results stand out. First, firms are generally located very close to the residential location. This reinforces the idea that entrepreneurship is a local event. Second, if other economic activities need to be considered, firm relocation is often used to resolve the locational puzzle. Déménagement: réinstallation résidentielle et professionnelle par des travailleurs indépendants très qualifiésRÉSUMÉ cette étude porte sur les problèmes géographiques concernant l'optimisation de la situation des locaux professionnels et des logements que doivent affronter des entrepreneurs indépendants ayant un niveau d'instruction élevé. Contrairement aux salariés, les travailleurs indépendants bénéficient d'une influence considérable sur le changement de la situation géographique de leur entreprise, ce qui leur donne une option supplémentaire-en plus d'un déplacement au niveau de la mobilité résidentielle-pour résoudre des problèmes de situation résidentielle. On note deux conséquences principales. En premier lieu, les entreprises sont généralement très proches du lieu de résidence, en renforçant ainsi le principe d'après lequel l'entrepreneuriat est un phénomène local. Deuxièmement, si l'on doit tenir compte d'autres facteurs, le déplacement de l'entreprise est souvent utilisé pour résoudre le problème de la situation géographique.Traslado de tiendas: la reubicación residencial y de negocios por parte de trabajadores independientes con estudios superiores RESUMEN Este estudio se centra en el interrogante de la ubicación relativo a la optimización de la ubicación de las firmas y los domicilios que deben enfrentar los empresarios independientes que tienen Sierdjan Koster (to whom correspondence should be sent), Urban and Regional Studies estudios superiores. En contraste con los empleados, los trabajadores independientes cambian en gran medida la ubicación de sus empresas, lo que les proporciona una opción adicional -además del traslado de domicilio -para resolver los problemas relativos a la ubicación de sus hogares. Hay dos resultados que sobresalen. En primer lugar, las empresas por lo general están ubicadas muy cerca de los lugares residenciales. Esto refuerza la idea de que la iniciativa empresarial es un evento que se realiza a nivel local. En segundo lugar, cuando es necesario considerar las otras actividades económicas, la reubicación de las empresas suele usarse para resolver el interrogante de la ubicación.

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Firm Migration

Dijk

Pellenbarg

2017

International Encyclopedia of Geography

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Firm migration is a very important determinant of regional economic dynamics. This entry gives an overview of the present state of the theories and empirical findings on this topic. The spatial scale is important, because the causes and effects differ substantially for firm relocations within urban areas and between regions within countries, and for international relocations between countries or even continents. Firm migration research started in the 1950s and 1960s by studying the relocation of manufacturing firms in the context of regional development policies. Early on firm‐external factors were the main explanatory factors, but later on the role of firm‐internal factors and the phases in the decision‐making process became more important as better data and methods were available.

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Footloose: An analysis of the drivers of firm relocations over different distances

Cited by 31 publications

References 54 publications

Spatial Differentiation in Industrial Dynamics. The Case of the Netherlands (1994–2005)

Spatial Differentiation in Industrial Dynamics. The Case of the Netherlands (1994–2005)

Moving Shop: Residential and Business Relocation by the Highly Educated Self-employed

Firm Migration

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