The authors generate alternative location-covering scenarios for retail outlet networks by using a programming model which guarantees the spatial market ‘adequacy’ of individual facility sites. The notion of relative spatial efficiency is then used to evaluate these scenarios and to develop information constructs which support many of the managerial decisions necessary for the appropriate structuring of such networks.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AchabalD DGorrW LMahajanV, 1982, “MULTILOC: A multiple store location decision model”Journal of Retailing58(2) 5–25
2.
AdolphsonDCorniaGWaltersL C, 1991, “A unified framework for classifying DEA models”, in Operational Research '90 Ed. BradleyH, (Pergamon Press, Oxford) pp 647–657
3.
ApplebaumW, 1965, “Can store location research be a science?”Economic Geography41234–237
4.
BalakrishnanP VDesaiA, 1991, “On the identification of superior products”, working paper, College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
5.
BalakrishnanP VStorbeckJ E, 1991, “McTHRESH: Modeling maximum coverage with threshold constraints”Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design18459–472
6.
BazermanM HLowensteinG FWhiteS B, 1992, “Reversals of preference in allocation decisions: Judging an alternative versus choosing among alternatives”Administrative Science Quarterly37220–240
7.
CharnesACooperW WRhodesE, 1978, “Measuring the efficiency of decision making units”European Journal of Operational Research2429–444
8.
DebreuG, 1951Theory of Value (John Wiley, New York)
9.
DesaiAStorbeckJ, 1991, “A data envelopment analysis framework for measuring spatial efficiency”Computers, Environment and Urban Systems14145–156
10.
DesaiAHaynesKStorbeckJ, 1994, “A spatial efficiency framework for the support of locational decisions”, in Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology and Applications Eds CooperW WSeifordALewinL, (Kluwer-Nijhoff, Boston, MA) in press
11.
FareRGrosskopfSLovellC A K, 1985The Measurement of Efficiency of Production (Kluwer-Nijhoff, Boston, MA)
12.
FarrellM J, 1957, “The measurement of productive efficiency”Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A120253–281
13.
FisherHRushtonG, 1979, “Spatial efficiency of service locations and the regional development process”Papers of the Regional Science Association4283–97
14.
GhoshAMcLaffertyS, 1987Location Strategies for Retail and Service Firms (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA)
15.
HauserJ RSimmieP, 1981, “Profit-maximizing perceptual positions: An integrated theory for the selection of product features and price”Management Science27 (January) 33–56
16.
HuffD, 1964, “Defining and estimating a trading area”Journal of Marketing2834–38
17.
LaddG WZoberM, 1977, “Model of consumer reaction to product characteristics”Journal of Consumer Research489–101
18.
LancasterK J, 1971Consumer Demand: A New Approach (Columbia University Press, New York)
19.
StorbeckJ, 1988, “The spatial structuring of central places”Geographical Analysis2093–110
20.
SwainR, 1971A Decomposition Algorithm for a Class of Facility Location Problems PhD dissertation, Department of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
21.
ThomasK W, 1976, “Conflict and conflict management”, in Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Rand McNally, Chicago, IL) pp 889–935
