@techreport{Defever2010spatial,
abstract = {Using six years of firm-level data covering 224 regions of the enlarged European Union, we evaluate the importance to a firm of locating its activities (production, headquarters, R&D, logistics and sales) close together. We find that, after controlling for regional characteristics, being closely located to a previous investment positively affects firm location choice. However, the impact of distance is dependent on the type of investment (production or service). While within-firm co-location is important for both service and production activities, only production plants are likely to be located close to prior production investments. In this latter case, national borders have a surprisingly positive effect, increasing the probability of choosing a nearby location, but on the other side of the border.},
address = {M\"{u}nchen},
author = {Fabrice Defever},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {F23; L22; R30; 330; functional fragmentation; vertical linkages; location choice; Multinationales Unternehmen; Standortwahl; Entfernung; Lieferanten-Kunden-Beziehung; EU-Staaten},
language = {eng},
number = {3304},
publisher = {CESifo},
title = {The spatial organization of multinational firms},
type = {CESifo working paper: Trade Policy},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/46255},
year = {2010}
}
