Relocation of Economic Activity: Contemporary Theory and Practice in Local, Regional and Global Pers

Chapter 1. Introduction (Dej).-  Part I. Industries in Global Space.- Chapter 2. Between Location, Persistence and Relocation - Historical and Spatial Trajectories of Polish Aviation Industry (Suwala).- Chapter 3. Relocation of Automotive Industry in Brazil and Mexico: Between Corporate Strategies and Local Polices (Wójtowicz).- Chapter 4. Changing Dynamics in the Cross-Border Production Networks of Transnational Corporations: Relocation of Hong Kong and Taiwanese Manufacturing in Mainland China (Yang).- Part II: Firm Relocation Factors.- Chapter 5. Relocation of Economic Activity within Metropolitan Areas in Poland - Scale and Drivers (Dej).- Identifying Factors Driving Firm Location and Relocation: The Case of Ticino (Rossi).- Chapter 6. How Does the Current Economic Crisis Affect Firm Relocation? A Comparative Analysis of Pre- and Post-crisis Firm Movements from Greece to Bulgaria (Kapitsinis).- Chapter 7. Labour Cost Structure as a Factor in Industrial Production Relocation within the European Union (Wiedermann).- Part III: Impacts and Consequences.- Chapter 8. Relocation of Firms: Quantitative and Qualitative Consequences for the Labour Market (Maluszynska).- Chapter 9. Firm Mobility: Residential Migration in Disguise (Koster).- Chapter 10. Relocation of Economic Activities and Creation of Spatial Conflicts in a Metropolitan Region: The Case of Lódz (Dmochowska-Dudek).- Chapter 11. The Location of Industry as a Way to Achieve Balanced Development: Example of Middle Povardarie in The Republic Of Macedonia (Toshevska).- Chapter 12. Conclusions: Relocation Factors and Consequences - Towards a Multidisciplinary Research Agenda (Capik).