The relocation decisions of small displaced firms
The relocation decisions of small displaced firms
This thesis is concerned with the locational behaviour of small firms, and considers the way in which 98 manufacturing, storage and repair businesses in Leeds responded to the problem of being displaced by road-building programmes. The study includes both the pre- and postmove phases of their relocation decisions, and examines the firms' location and accommodation preferences, their search and property selection behaviour, and their post-move assessments of the effects of being displaced. Special attention has been given to the conceptual and planning implications of the survey's results.In most firms the relocation decision process was the responsibility of one individual, usually the owner-manager, and the approach was informal and intuitive, with a reliance on personal judgementt and experience, rather than on painstaking surveys and analysis. The divergence of the firms' behaviour from the ~economic-man~ ideal was, however, less the result of negligence than of the decision-makers' limited time and management resources. Although the decision methods were not rigorous, they nonetheless produced generally satisfactory results. The discontinuance rate was low, more firms experienced increased than decreased profits as a result of their move, and the effects of displacement were on the whole beneficial. (except among the very smallest firms). Although there was clearly scope for improvement in compensation practice and in local authority planning procedures, the results demonstrated that compulsory displacement can bring opportunities as well as problems.
University of Southampton
1978
Chalkley, Brian Stanley
(1978)
The relocation decisions of small displaced firms.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This thesis is concerned with the locational behaviour of small firms, and considers the way in which 98 manufacturing, storage and repair businesses in Leeds responded to the problem of being displaced by road-building programmes. The study includes both the pre- and postmove phases of their relocation decisions, and examines the firms' location and accommodation preferences, their search and property selection behaviour, and their post-move assessments of the effects of being displaced. Special attention has been given to the conceptual and planning implications of the survey's results.In most firms the relocation decision process was the responsibility of one individual, usually the owner-manager, and the approach was informal and intuitive, with a reliance on personal judgementt and experience, rather than on painstaking surveys and analysis. The divergence of the firms' behaviour from the ~economic-man~ ideal was, however, less the result of negligence than of the decision-makers' limited time and management resources. Although the decision methods were not rigorous, they nonetheless produced generally satisfactory results. The discontinuance rate was low, more firms experienced increased than decreased profits as a result of their move, and the effects of displacement were on the whole beneficial. (except among the very smallest firms). Although there was clearly scope for improvement in compensation practice and in local authority planning procedures, the results demonstrated that compulsory displacement can bring opportunities as well as problems.
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Published date: 1978
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