The evaluation of international agribusiness investment locations using multidimensional scaling

✍ Scribed by Rodolfo E. Amador; S. Andrew Starbird

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 621 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0742-4477
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6297(198903)5:2<139::aid-agr2720050206>3.0.co;2-t

✦ Synopsis

In this article, a method for comparing various locations for a foreign investment is presented. The method requires several assumptions regarding the characteristics of a preferred location, and the variables that can be used to measure these characteristics. Multidimensional scaling is used to map the locations in such a way that proximity indicates similarity with regard to the preferred characteristics. The technique is applied to twenty Central American, South American, and Caribbean countries.