Factors affecting the choice of location: a survey of foreign and local firms in the Philippines /
By: Herrin, Alejandro N.
Contributor(s): Pernia, Ernesto M.
Series: Vol. 14 No. 1 First Sem 1987.Description: p.89-140.Subject(s): Location factors - Firms - Philippines | Location of industry - PhilippinesOnline resources: Click here to access online In: Journal of Philippine DevelopmentSummary: This paper attempts to consider a major external economic force namely, foreign direct investment (FDI) in relation to the issue of spatial concentration. It also tries to find out to what extent the cross-national result is borne out at the level of the firm in the Philippine setting. The paper is organized as follows. Section II gives a brief description of the data collection procedure and presents the main characteristics of the sample firms. Section III discusses the survey results concerning reasons for choice of current location, and Section IV touches on factors affecting future location. Section V provides the summary and concluding remarksThis paper attempts to consider a major external economic force namely, foreign direct investment (FDI) in relation to the issue of spatial concentration. It also tries to find out to what extent the cross-national result is borne out at the level of the firm in the Philippine setting. The paper is organized as follows. Section II gives a brief description of the data collection procedure and presents the main characteristics of the sample firms. Section III discusses the survey results concerning reasons for choice of current location, and Section IV touches on factors affecting future location. Section V provides the summary and concluding remarks