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The research incorporated in this monograph was initially undertaken as part of a Ph. D. dissertation submitted to the University of lllinois in 1973. Revisions were accomplished at the University of Delaware. I want to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Hugh O. Nourse who suggested the investigation, Paul Chouinard who ably and accurately translated verbal instructions into computer programmes, and Harold F. Williamson, Jr. and Peter Nijkamp who commented atlength on earlier drafts of the manuscript. Rapid and accurate typing of several drafts of the manuscript and valuable editorial assistance were provided by my wife, Sally M. Latham. Contents PREFACE vii xi LIST OF TABLES 1. INTRODUCTION 1 The need for industrial location analysis 2 Concentration on disaggregated manufacturing activity 3 The location of economic activity 5 The factors of location approach 6 Agglomerative economies as location factors 9 Outline of following chapters 11 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA BASE 13 Regions used 13 Location data 15 Industrial linkage data 19 Summary 22 3. MEASUREMENT OF FACTORS INFLUENCING INDUSTRIAL LOCATION 23 Nonrandomness in location 23 The orientation of industries 27 Labor orientation 28 Market orientation 34 Material orientation 35 Agglomerative economy orientation 38 Summary 43 46 4.
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1. Introduction.- The need for industrial location analysis.- Concentration on disaggregated manufacturing activity.- The location of economic activity.- Outline of following chapters.- 2. Description Of The Data Base.- Regions used.- Location data.- Industrial linkage data.- Summary.- 3. Measurement of Factors Influencing Industrial Location.- Nonrandomness in location.- The orientation of industries.- Summary.- 4. The Measurement of Geographic Association.- Previous measures of geographic association.- The measure of association used.- The effect of cluster size on geographic association.- Variation in the measure of geographic association between urban and rural regions.- Geographic associations among more than two industries.- Summary.- 5. The Impact of Linkages on Industrial Location.- Analysis of results for all industries.- Regression analysis of individual manufacturing industries.- Industrial complexes.- Summary.- 6. Summary of Results and Conclusions.- Summary of preceding chapters.- Implications for industrial location practice and policy.- Suggested extensions of the analysis.- List Of References.- Appendices.- A-1. Substitution of SEA's for SMSA's in the Northeast.- A-2. Method of selecting 199 industries used.- A-3. Extent and consequences of errors remaining in data.- B-1. Biased correlation coefficients with disaggregated regional data.- B-2. Factor analysis identification of industrial complexes.- C-1. Summary of bilateral linkages and associations by industry.- C-2. Correlations between employment estimates for three subdivisions of ten sample industries.- C-3. Correlations between employment estimates for SMSA and non-SMSA subdivisions of fifteen sample industries.
