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Relocations are determined by firms' relationships with financing institutions: A paper based on network data for Japanese firms

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  • Ryo Fukuda
  • Tetsuo Kidokoro
  • Fumihiko Seta
  • Ryo Sato

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Both theoretical and empirical research studies the factors influencing firms' location choices. This paper presents a new viewpoint by considering relationship continuity to explain small‐scale relocations and relocations of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), which represent the majority of firms. The influences of firms' relationships with financing institutions are studied using a two‐stage nested logit model. Consequently, the positive effect of relationships on location choices is revealed and the factors preventing firms from moving are described. The model is valid for estimating relocations to medium‐sized cities, and the influences on shrinking firms as opposed to expanding firms are especially strong. Tanto la investigación teórica como la empírica estudian los factores que influyen en la elección de la ubicación de las empresas. Este documento presenta un nuevo punto de vista, procedente de considerar la continuidad de las relaciones para explicar las reubicaciones a pequeña escala y las reubicaciones de pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME), las cuales representan la mayoría de las empresas. La influencia de las relaciones de las empresas con las instituciones financieras se estudia a través de un modelo logit anidado de dos etapas. En consecuencia, se pone de manifiesto el efecto positivo de las relaciones en la elección de la ubicación y se describen los factores que impiden que las empresas se desplacen. El modelo es válido para la estimación de las reubicaciones en ciudades de tamaño medio, y la influencia sobre las empresas en contracción, en contraposición a las empresas en expansión, es especialmente fuerte. 企業の立地選択に影響を与える因子に関しては、理論研究と実証研究のどちらでも研究されている。本稿では、小規模の移転と、企業の大多数が中小企業 (small and medium‐sized enterprises: SME)であるが、その中小企業の移転を説明する関係の継続性を考慮して、新しい視点を提示する。企業と金融機関との関係の影響を、2段階のネスティッド・ロジットモデルを用いて検討する。結果から、その関係の立地選択に対する正の効果が明らかになり、企業の移転を阻む因子を説明できる。このモデルは、中規模の都市への移転を予測する妥当性を備えており、事業を拡大する企業とは対照的に、事業を縮小する企業に対する影響は特に強くなる。

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  • Ryo Fukuda & Tetsuo Kidokoro & Fumihiko Seta & Ryo Sato, 2019. "Relocations are determined by firms' relationships with financing institutions: A paper based on network data for Japanese firms," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(4), pages 1685-1712, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:4:p:1685-1712
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12425
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    1. Jiang, Yonglei & Liao, Feixiong & Jin, Lianjie, 2021. "Effects of locational accessibility on firm diffusion characteristics: The case of Sino-Europe Economic Corridor," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 80-93.

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