The general theme which runs throughout the book is that successful industrial location analysis depends on both the nature of the location questions to be addressed and on the appropriate choice of analytical methodology.

Contents: Introduction xiii Philip McCann PART I ANALYTICAL APPROACHES TO INDUSTRIAL LOCATION 1 Classical and neoclassical location–production models Philip McCann 2 The location of economic activity: central place theory and the wider urban system John B. Parr 3 Geographical grids in ‘new economic geography’ models Dirk Stelder 4 Firm migration Piet H. Pellenbarg, Leo J.G. van Wissen and Jouke van Dijk PART II CITIES AND INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS 5 Diversity and specialization in cities: why, where and when does it matter? Gilles Duranton and Diego Puga 6 Global cities, internationalization and urban systems Ian R. Gordon 7 Clusters and networks: institutional settings and strategic perspectives Michael Steiner 8 Theory, methods and a cross-metropolitan comparison of business clustering Edward J. Feser and Stuart H. Sweeney PART III MULTINATIONAL FIRMS AND LOCATION BEHAVIOUR 9 The location decision of the multinational enterprise Ram Mudambi 10 The technological relationships between indigenous firms and foreign-owned MNCs in the European regions John Cantwell and Simona Iammarino 11 The relationship between the spatial and hierarchical organization of multiplant firms: observations from the global semiconductor industry Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCann Index