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Large Enterprises in North America: Where They Locate and Why

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The locational decisions of large enterprises are a far more complex issue than would appear at first glance. One would naturally assume that large enterprises would want to be located in our largest cities.

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    Joel Kotkin, “The Problem with Mega-Cities”, http://www.forbes.com/sites/megacities/2011/04/04/the-problem-with-megacities.

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  1. Center for City and Competitiveness, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

    Pengfei Ni

  2. Urban Economy and Finance Branch, UN Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya

    Marco Kamiya

  3. School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, National Academy of Economic Strategy, CASS, Beijing, China

    Ruxi Ding

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Ni, P., Kamiya, M., Ding, R. (2017). Large Enterprises in North America: Where They Locate and Why. In: Cities Network Along the Silk Road . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4834-0_13

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