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Weber՚s Model of Industrial Location: Principles and Details of Weber՚s Model

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Principles and Details of Weber՚s Model

Basic principle of the model is to identify the point of minimum transport cost. Once least transport cost point (or points) has (have) been identified model considers effects of labor and agglomeration-deglomeration.

Weber՚s least cost theory accounted for locating manufacturing plant in terms of owner՚s wish to minimize 3 categories of cost:

  • Transportation Cost: Site chosen must h…

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Weber՚s Model of Industrial Location: Criticism and Infirmities in Weber՚s Model, Advantages of Weber՚s Model

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Criticism and Infirmities in Weber՚s Model

Weber՚s model has been criticized because

  • Transport costs do not rise proportionally with weight and distance as assumed in model.
  • Perfect competition, which forms one of the model assumptions rarely, exists.
  • Man does not behave rationally as assumed in the model.
  • Model assumes that plant serves only one market at a time, which is not the real case.
  • MI is at best a crude measurement of transport cost
  • It overemphasizes the role of cost minimization (especially transport cost) in determining factory location, …

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