Spatial organization of firms: the decision to split production and administration
利用美国人口普查局的微观数据，研究企业为何以及如何将行政单位（如总部）与生产活动在空间上分离，并分析设立独立中央行政办公室的企业特征与选址决策。
A firm's production activities are often supported by nonproduction activities, such as administrative units including headquarters, which process information both within and between firms. Firms may physically separate such administrative units from their production activities and create stand‐alone central administrative offices (CAOs). However, activities in multiple locations may cause internal communication costs. What types of firms are more likely to separate such functions? If firms separate administration and production, where do they locate CAOs? This paper examines firms' spatial organization using microlevel data from the US Census Bureau.