 DETERMINATION OF LOCATION‐SPECIFIC FACTORS AT THE INTRA‐METROPOLITAN LEVEL: ISTANBUL CASELale Berkoz and Sevkiye Sence Turk Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2008, vol. 99, issue 1, 94-114 Abstract: In the context of economic globalisation, there has been considerable academic interest in understanding the choice of location of foreign direct investment (FDI) firms. Generally, studies on the location of FDI firms focus on national and regional levels. There are only a limited number of studies at the intra‐urban level, especially for developing countries. This paper investigates where the industrial and service FDI firms are distributed within Istanbul, and how location‐specific factors affect their decisions. This study is based on a sample of 100 companies surveyed in Istanbul at the end of 2002. The locational determinants of FDI firms in Istanbul have been analysed using factor analysis and logistic regression techniques. It was found that location‐specific advantages influence the location of service and industrial FDI firms (between the central and suburban districts) in the Istanbul metropolitan area. The service and industrial FDI firms in Istanbul also chose different locations. Date: 2008 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:99:y:2008:i:1:p:94-114 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie is currently edited by Jan van Weesep More articles in Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie from Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG |
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