Assessing the impact of a corporate headquarters relocation in a metropolitan region : the case of J. C. Penney
By: ANJOMANI, Ardeshir
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Contributor(s): IBEWUIKE, Victor.
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ArticlePublisher: New York : Marcel Dekker, 1997International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 20, 10, p. 1821-1864Abstract: The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact resulting from the recent move of the J. C. Penney Corporation to the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and the resulting implications of this move on the local communities. This impact is analyzes in a spatially disaggregated manner to identify the location of the impact inside the area, particularly in regard to location of generated service employmente and population, and the fiscal effects that they will have in the cities and countries of the region. The metropolitan area is divided into several hundred appropriate geographical zones, and the impacts are studies for these zones. Such disaggregated studies, as opposed to conventional total impact studies, would be more helpful to public and private sectors in their decisionmaking process in regard to development on the regional municipalities also will be studied.
The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact resulting from the recent move of the J. C. Penney Corporation to the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and the resulting implications of this move on the local communities. This impact is analyzes in a spatially disaggregated manner to identify the location of the impact inside the area, particularly in regard to location of generated service employmente and population, and the fiscal effects that they will have in the cities and countries of the region. The metropolitan area is divided into several hundred appropriate geographical zones, and the impacts are studies for these zones. Such disaggregated studies, as opposed to conventional total impact studies, would be more helpful to public and private sectors in their decisionmaking process in regard to development on the regional municipalities also will be studied.
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