PURPOSE The number of problems managed concurrently by family physicians during
patient encounters has not been fully explored despite the implications for quality assessment, …

This paper develops a model of the site choice decision of relocating firms in seven single-digit
SIC industries. Hypotheses are tested using data on firms which have moved from …

Since the early 1980s, there has been widespread debate over the impacts of rising levels
of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) on the US economy. A frequently noted, but little …

The development of America’s metropolitan places has been characterized by considerable
changes in the location and composition of economic activities, including an extensive …

In a recent paper in this Journal, Hackbart and Anderson [1975] used an entropy method to
measure the industrial diversity of counties in Wyoming. In their conclusion, the authors claim …

Colleges and universities in the USA and many other countries find themselves in a deepening
financial challenge that is significantly influencing operating decisions as well as student …

Metropolitan form has changed significantly over the past few decades; economic activities
are increasingly concentrated in suburban nucleations. In this paper I specify models of the …

WITHIN the past decade a resurgence of growth in nonmetropolitan areas of the United
States has sparked considerable interest in the turnaround phenomenon. Among the factors …

Suburban economic nucleations are prominent features of metropolitan areas. Most nucleations
are located close to freeway interchanges where accessibility sharply increases land …

It is widely recognized that increasing global economic integration plays a significant role in
the industrial restructuring of many regional economies in the US Yet the absence of …