Article history: Received 1 September 2013 Accepted 13 August 2014 Available online 20 August 2014 This paper investigates the link between firm headquarters location and its stock return co-movements in a full sample of Chinese listed firms from 1999 to 2007. The empirical results show a significant stock return co-movement pattern for firms located in the same province. And both firm-level fa...

a r t i c l e i n f o The transfer of locally created marketing strategies worldwide represents a key competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). Although a research topic of much interest, empirical content of past studies is scarce. Absorptive capacity studies typically test direct effects of either the transfer capacity of the strategy's initiator or the recipient's ability ...

This article examines the determinants of the location of large firms’ headquarters across a rich sample of European urban areas, focusing on the availability of nonstop intercontinental flights. We also account for the influence of other aspects: the proximity to large markets and specialized providers, congestion and tax costs, the availability of skilled labor, and the role of the urban area...