LIST OF TABLES

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Table 2.1 Selected Location Decision Making Literature 22

Table 3.1 Comparisons of three Important Paradigms used in 56
the Social and Behavioural Sciences
Table 3.2 Distinctions of Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches 72
to Measurement
Table 4.1a The Importance of Location Factors to Location Decision 85
Making of Different Industry
Table 4.1b The Importance of Location Factors to Location Decision 87
Making of Different Industry
Table 4.2 Variables to be examined in the Study 100
Table 5.1 Business Activities Involvement of Firms 110
Table 5.2 Market’s Distributions of Firms 110
Table 5.3 Top Ten most Important Location Factors of Key Industries 113
Table 5.4 Top Ten most Important Location Factors of Local, 115
Interstate and Overseas Firms
Table 5.5 Top Ten most Important Location Factors to Firms with 116
Different Main Business Activities
Table 5.6 Location Information Sources of Key Industries 118
Table 5.7 Important Information Sources for Different Size of Firms 120
Table 5.8 Important Information Sources for Local, Interstate and 120
Overseas firms
Table 5.9 Top Five Personnel involved in the Location 123
Decision-Making Process
Table 5.10 Top Five Personnel involved in Location Decision-Making 124
Process of Different Size of Firms
Table 5.11 Top Five Personnel involved in Location Decision Making 125
Process of Local, Interstate and Overseas Firms
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Table 6.1 Relative Important Location Factors of Key Industries 135
Table 6.2 Relative Important Location Factors of the Local, Interstate 138
and Overseas Firms
Table 6.3 Relative Important Location Factors to Firms with Different 139
Main Business Activities
Table 6.4 Relative Important Information Sources of Key Industries 140
Table 6.5 Relative Important Information Sources to Firms With 140
Respect to Their Size and Geography of Headquarters
Table 6.6 Top Five Personnel Involved in Location Decision Making 141
Process of Key Industries
Table 6.7 Top Five Personnel Involved in the Decision Process with 142
Respect to Their Size of the Firm and Headquarters’ Location

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LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1.1 Chapter 1 Overview 1
Figure 1.2 Justification for the Research 6
Figure 1.3 Structure of the Study 12
Figure 2.1 Chapter 2 Overview 17
Figure 2.2 Location Decision Major Paradigms 22
Figure 2.3 The Behavioural Matrix 32
Figure 2.4 Theoretical Model of Location Decision Process 46
Figure 3.1 Chapter 3 Overview 53
Figure 3.2 Overview of the Research Approach 61
Figure 4.1 Chapter 4 Overview 76
Figure 5.1 Chapter 5 Overview 103
Figure 6.1 Chapter 6 Overview 129

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