An empirical analysis of tenant location patterns near department stores in planned regional shopping centers

The location of a store within a mall can affect the sales and profits of the store and its neighbors, and those of the mall׳s owner/developer. Because the interests of retail stores and the mall׳s owner/developer with respect to choice of location might not coincide, bargaining power might come into play. To assess empirically whether relative bargaining power as between a retail store and the mall owner/developer affects store location within a center, we focus on locations of stores near the department store tenants of malls. Department stores might have the bargaining power necessary to affect which tenants are chosen as neighbors of the department store.Using data collected from 148 regional shopping centers (malls) in 2007 in the five westernmost provinces of Canada, we examine the relationship between variables that reflect store location patterns near a department store׳s entrance, and variables associated with the bargaining power of developers. We find that the density of stores selling comparison shopping goods is larger near department stores within centers that are older or have a larger gross leasable area. In addition, such density is negatively related to the number of department stores contained in the center. Because a shopping center׳s age, gross leasable area, and the number of department stores in a center are expected to be associated with a developer׳s bargaining power, the above findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the store location patterns near department stores depend on the relative bargaining power of the developer and the department stores.     

沿海地区制造业密集区产业迁移的区位选择——以广东为例

产业转移的区位选择是区域空间调控政策的基础,受到区域交易环境和企业生产指向特征的影响,区域交易环境由软交易成本和硬交易成本构成,企业生产指向类型则以企业生产组织方式为基础。研究发现,珠三角地区的企业在迁移选址时,在空间上和时序上存在首先在过渡区然后迁移到边缘区的趋势,因此,当前广东以边缘区作为产业转移空间调控的重点地区是值得商榷的,空间调控的重点应在过渡区域。     

Product Location with Foresight

Traditional location literatureconcludes that firms will optimally differentiate inorder to alleviate a tendency toward competitivepricing. However, it has recently been shown thatfirms will minimally differentiate if they (correctly)anticipate an absence of price competition. Thispaper examines the relationship between productlocation and the sustainability of cooperativepricing, in horizontally and vertically differentiatedmarkets. Further, it describes equilibrium locationswhen firms are able to choose their locations jointlyand when they must choose independently.     

VAN DE HULST ON ROBUST STATISTICS: A HISTORICAL NOTE

This paper provides a discussion of an unpublished set of notes written in 1942 by the Dutch astronomer H.C. VAN DE HULST. In these notes VAN DE HULST derives the asymptotic variances of M– estimators as well as trimmed means and concludes that the asymptotic variance of what is now called HUBER'S estimator is the same as that of a trimmed mean. This conclusion is usually ascribed to BICKEL (1965). A letter written by D. VAN DANTZIG in 1943 providing a critical evaluation of. VAN DE HULST'S results, adds interest to this suprisingly early contribution to the theory of robust statistics.     

基于层级结构的企业国外进入方式研究

国外进入方式决策是企业国际化战略的关键,企业的进入方式关系到能否取得海外经营的成功,决定着企业国际化战略的命运.文章基于层级,将一个复杂的决策分解,构建进入方式的层级结构模型,而且,在此基础上提出一些可运用的方式组合,如无关的方式组合、分割的方式组合和补充的方式组合.     

江苏省纺织产业集群实证研究

在回顾了产业集群概念与定量识别产业集群方法的基础上,以江苏省内典型市为分析对象,采用区位商定量识别产业集群现象,并整理出各市的纺织产业集群分布。     

Localisation of Industry in Chile, 1895–1967: Mining Cycles and State Policy

Mining cycles have had an enormous impact in the evolution of the localisation of economic activity, in particular of industry, in Chile. The nitrate cycle was characterised by a labour‐intensive extraction process and activity which was geographically very concentrated. The copper cycle was geographically more dispersed and its activity more capital‐intensive. We stress the role played by the State in the latter de‐concentration due to the impact of regional development policies and assess the importance of factor endowments and agglomeration economies, in the localisation of the manufacture.     

Location choices under strategic interactions

We explore a fundamental aspect of firms' location choices largely overlooked in the literature: strategic interaction. We formalize the notion that strategic interaction renders collocation less appealing by fostering competition, which erodes firms' profits. Strategic interaction also impacts location choices across time. Specifically, because firms learn by doing in markets, location choices are shaped by two novel effects: entrenchment benefits from entering early in a market and improving capabilities relative to rivals, and opportunity costs from postponing entry to other markets where rivals enter and learn. When learning is local, firms collocate more: rivals are preempted from improving relative capabilities in higher‐value markets. However, when learning is global, firms collocate less: they can transfer capabilities from lower‐value to higher‐value markets, blocking rivals from achieving entrenchment benefits. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

中国 R & D 强度区位分布条件因素的差异分析--基于稳健MM估计的EBA模型的实证研究

依据空间计量经济学的相关理论,运用稳健MM估计的EBA （异常值检验的极值边界分析）模型,采用中国30个省际区域2002～2012年的面板数据,实证研究中国东部、中部、西部地区R&D强度区位分布条件的“稳健性（Robust ）”影响因素。结果表明：我国东部、中部、西部各地区的R&D强度存在差异,且其影响因素也不尽相同。R&D强度较高的东部地区,科技水平、市场规模、固定资产投资、要素禀赋等4个因素对中国R&D强度具有抗干扰的“稳健性”影响;R&D强度中等的中部地区,3个“稳健性”影响因素是政府公共政策、科技水平和要素禀赋;而对于R&D强度较低的西部地区,技术创新和要素禀赋对提高R&D强度作用具有“稳健性”。由此揭示我国R&D强度的发展规律以及各区域间的差异性,并根据实证结论提出一些政策建议,为各地区制定科技政策目标和实施方案提供经验证据和决策参考。     

中国物流产业的空间集聚及成因分析

本文采用区位熵和空间自相关方法分析了我国物流产业集聚的时空演变特征。研究表明,我国物流业发展的空间分布存在显著的区域差异,物流增加值区位熵波动性显著,物流业集聚程度存在较强的空间自相关和空间异质性,总体上呈现集聚化发展倾向。借助主成分回归分析探讨我国物流产业集聚的影响因素,发现这7个因素对我国物流业集聚均为正向促进作用,影响程度由高到低依次为基础设施建设、经济发展水平、消费水平、工业发展水平、对外开放程度、人力资本和区位因素,以上7个要素每增长1％,相应的物流业增加值就依次上升0.205％、0.194％、0.192％、0.187％、0.145％、0.057％和0.019％。