Dynamic location and entry mode selection of multinational manufacturing facilities under uncertainty: A chance-constrained goal programming approach

摘要: As the global marketplace continues to expand, firm's location strategy should shift from domestic international. An international problem is different traditional in that former influenced by a greater variety of uncontrollable, unpredictable, and dynamic factors than latter. These may include political conditions, expropriation risks, trade regulations, currency exchange rates, cultural differences, distribution channel structures. Consequently, more diverse, volatile complex. Nevertheless, vast majority literature overlooked many important aspects. To help multinational firm formulate viable strategies changing world marketplace, this paper proposes multiple-period, multiple-plant, multiple-objective, stochastic model.