...Ludo Cuyvers; Philippe De Lombaerde; Glenn Rayp; Nadiya Ukrayinchuk; Hubert Jayet Purpose – The purpose of this paper is try to answer the following question: to which extent the observed location pattern is driven by network effects or by traditional location factors, like the structure...

...) observe “multiplant firms...may attempt to ‘play off’ workers at different locations in order to push through particular policies with regard to investment… (and) …disinvestment”. Fothergill and Guy (1990) were also able to show that the effect of labour attitudes and productivity varied from place...