Economic Determinants Of Agribusiness Choice Of Location In Abia State, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

Location choice is an integral, yet often overlooked facet of firm strategy (porter 2000). Through its impact on operating costs and revenues location decisions can influence the development of a firm’s competitive advantage. Moreover, location can have lasting effect on firm’s performance. Although scholars from various disciplines recognize the importance of location choice, research examining its antecedent has focused largely on natural endowments, knowledge spill over and competition. Recently, some authors claimed that the determinants effects firm's location choice different according to their characteristics namely firm’s size, its industrial activity, or technical intensity and the entrepreneur’s preference for the home base ( shaver and flyer 2000).