Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Peter Doeringer
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Doeringer
Author-Email: doeringe@bu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: Institute for Economic Development, Boston University
Author-Name: Christine Evans-Klock
Author-X-Name-First: Christine
Author-X-Name-Last: Evans-Klock
Author-Workplace-Name: International Labor Organization
Author-Name: David Terkla
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Terkla
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Massachusetts, Boston
Title:  What Attracts High Performance Factories? Minagement Culture and Regional Advantage
Abstract:  National data and case studies are used to test the importance of management practices, 
particularly high performance practices, on the location decisions of new manufacturing plants. We find that 
plants with high performance management cultures rely on different criteria when making their location decisions, 
and also weigh standard location criteria differently, than those plants that are managed in more traditional ways.  
Omitting management culture from studies of business location may, therefore, result in biased estimates of the 
importance of various traditional location factors.  By more accurately specifying location models for manufacturing 
plants with high performance management cultures, we are able to offer new insights for regional development policy. 
Length: 42 pages
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File-URL:http://www.bu.edu/econ/ied/dp/papers/dp125.doc
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Number: dp-125
Classification-JEL: R3, R58
Keywords: Management Practices and Firm Location
Handle: RePEc:bos:iedwpr:dp-125