Entrepreneur Choice of Location

Decision criteria and decision-making process in the choice of location
of companies who recently completed a change of location.

Topics: Characteristics of the business such as e.g. number of
employees and development of number of employees, location of
management, level of turnover and proportion of wage sums in the total
costs; use of modern production procedures at new location; distance
problems in procurement, sales and place of residence of employees;
length of search for location; reasons for the search for location;
choice of location according to areas or municipalities or according to
trade tax or wage sum tax; decision criteria against a municipality;
advantages and disadvantages of city proximity or conurbations; the
significance of transport costs for choice of location; information
problems in choice of location; use of external consultants; evaluation
of counseling services of the chamber of commerce; most important
location factors; evaluation of and utilization of government support
funds; reasons for rejection of subsidies; municipal service for the
business; judgement on official information policies regarding regional
promotion; personal information processing and planning time period;
amount of investment sum.