Abstract
Location processes are constitutive for the formation of economic landscape. Largest enterprises represent one of the most important units of territorial economies. Their role is palpable mainly in the sphere of employment, technological level, value chains, competition as well as overall economic power. It is far from surprising that the weight of enterprise headquarters is higher than that of their affiliates. Therefore, the main objective of our article is to analyze and assess the development of spatial organization of one hundred largest enterprise head offices in the Czech Republic from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. Due to data limitations, size of the enterprise is measured by its turnover. Spatial distribution of one hundred largest Czech enterprises and its development over time represent the focal point of our evaluation from quantitative point of view. The analysis was based upon annually published top 100 databases. Qualitative assessment is underpinned by the results of the questionnaire, which was focused on particular location factors accentuated by largest enterprises. Consistency analysis and exploratory factor analysis provide us with useful instrument for the evaluation of qualitative dimension of the issue and help us to conceptualize location preferences of largest enterprises in the country.
Highlights
Location decision-making considerably co-shapes contemporary and future economic and social landscape
The dominance of the whole Central Bohemian space including Prague and Central Bohemia was palpable with even higher intensity, with the number of firms 45 and 56% of the share on the aggregate turnover of largest enterprises in the Czech Republic
From quantitative point of view, we are entitled to talk about a distinct dominance of the whole Central Bohemian territory, with especially pronounced position of the capital city
Summary
Location decision-making considerably co-shapes contemporary and future economic and social landscape. We concentrate on two basic perspectives: first, there is a specific demand side represented by enterprises and investors. These actors demand certain attributes and qualities of localities and regions. Location conditions of individual territories form a specific supply side. In contrast to general economic categories, supply and demand we deal with bear a distinct spatial dimension (Aksoy, Marshall 1992; Markusen 1985; van Dijk, Pellenbarg 1999; Shephard, Barnes 2003; Johnston et al 1994; Yserte et al 2016; Ascani et al 2016; Suchacek 2015 or Vanhove, Klaasen 1987)
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