Location strategies for agglomeration economies
研究企业如何利用不同地点的集聚经济获取竞争优势，分析了要素池的可获取性、企业数量对进入者的影响以及企业贡献于要素池时可能帮助竞争对手的风险，并用1985-1994年美国新制造业进入者数据验证了预测。
Because agglomeration economies may create competitive advantage and each location has a unique array of agglomeration economies, where should firms locate? We combine fundamental economic and strategy concepts to: (1) determine when firms must locate proximately to access factor pools; (2) show that factor pools controlled by fewer firms are less useful to new entrants; and (3) demonstrate that certain firms risk aiding competitors when contributing to efficient factor pools. We find support for our predictions with a test on new U.S. manufacturing entrants from 1985 to 1994, using an empirical specification that separates agglomeration levels from agglomeration economies . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.