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The Determination of Location in New South Wales

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  • Ann Hodgkinson
  • Chris Nyland
  • Simon Pomfret

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HODGKINSON A., NYLAND C. and POMFRET S. (2001) The determination of location in New South Wales, Reg. Studies 35,39-55. There are currently a number of competing explanations of the role which regions play in national economic development processes, all of which appear to have elements of validity. A set of ideal types is developed from this literature as a framework in which to analyse diVerent patterns of regional location behaviour and to highlight changes in these patterns in response to international competition. The ranking of location factors analysed using both variance of means and principal components factor analysis confirm that processes aVecting location in New South Wales (NSW) are similar to those found in other advanced industrial economies. However, the quality of the communications network emerged as the most important location determinant across all firm and regional types. The increased signi™ cance of communications needs to be explained within the context of increasing globalization where firms depend on the rapid transmission of corporate and market opportunity information for competitive success. Globalization is also causing firms to concentrate in the major centres of each region, highlighting the importance of external economies, here measured as urbanization and localization economies in the determination of location. HODGKINSON A., NYLAND C. et POMFRET S. (2001) Les determinants de la localisation dans la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Reg. Studies 35, 39-55. A l'heure qu'il est, nombreuses sont les explications du role que joue les regions dans les processes du developpement economique national, don't la totalite sont partiellement bien fondee. Puisant dans cette documentation, on developpe un ensemble de facteurs type comme cadre au sein duquel on pourrait analyser les differentes structures du comportement regional quant a la localisation et de souligner la variation dans ces structures-la en reponse a la concurrence internationale. A partir d'une analyse des ecarts et d'une analyse factorielle des principales composantes, le classement des determinants de la localisation etudies confirme que les processus qui touchent la localisation dans la Nouvelle-Galles du Sud sont similaires a ceux trouves dans d'autres economies industrielles avancees. Toujours est-il que la qualitye du reseau de communications s'est aveeree le facteur de localisation le plus important toutes enterprises ou toutes regions confondues. Il faut expliquer l'importance accrue des communications dans le cadre d'une mondialisation plus marquee qui necessite de la part des entreprises la transmission rapide de l'information relative a l'entreprise et aux creneaux pour reussir. La mondialisation incite les entreprises aussi a se concentrer dans les centres principaux chaque region, ce qui souligne l'importance des economies externes, mesuree aux economies d'urbanisation et de localisation en tant que facteurs de localisation. HODGKINSON A., NYLAND C. und POMFRET S. (2001) Standortbestimmung in New South Wales, Reg. Studies 35, 39-55. Es gibt gegenwartig eine Anzahl miteinander konkurrierender Erklarungen der Rolle, die Regionen in staatswirtschaftlichen Entwicklungsprozessen spielen, wobei alle Elemente der Berechtigung zu enthalten sein scheinen. Aus dieser Literatur wird eine reihe idealer Typen als Rahmen entwickelt, indem verschiedene Muster regionaler Standortsverhalten zu analysieren und Veranderungen in diesen Mustern als Reaktion auf internationalen Wettbewerb herauszuheben sind. Die Einstufung der analysierten Standortfaktoren mit Hilfe einer Faktorenanalyse betreff Unterschiede in Mitteln und Hauptkomponenten bestatigen, dass Vorgange, die Standorte in New SouthWales (NSW) beeinflussen, denen in anderen hochentwickelten Industriewirtschaften ahnlich sind. Die Qualitat des Kommunikationsnetzwerks erwies sich jedoch als der wichtigste Standortbestimmungsfaktor fur alle Firmen und Regionaltypen. Die vermehrte Bedeutung der Kommunikation muss im Zusammenhang mit zunehmender Globalisierung gesehen werden, in der Firmen in Fragen des Wettbewerbserfolgs auf schnelle Ubermittlung von Informatransmission bezuglich korporativer und Verkaufsgelegenheiten angewiesen sind. Globalisierung veranlasst Firmen auch, sich de in den Hauptzentren jeder Region zu konzentrieren, und betont damit die Bedeutung externer Wirtschaften, die hier in der Einschatzung der Standortbestimmung als Verstadterung und ortlich begrenzte Wirtschaften auftreten.

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  • Ann Hodgkinson & Chris Nyland & Simon Pomfret, 2001. "The Determination of Location in New South Wales," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 39-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:35:y:2001:i:1:p:39-55
    DOI: 10.1080/00343400120025664
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