Weber, Alfred

Both in German and English literature on industrial facility location, Alfred Weber s publication "On the location of industries" ("Uber den Stan-dort der Industrien", Weber 1909) is commonly cited as the origin of industrial location science (cf. Eiselt and Laporte 1995, p. 151 Brandeau and Chiu 1989, p. 645). Weber introduces the concept of location factors which he defines as "factors constituting a precisely defined advantage that... 

For Eugene Weber s legacy, see Alfred D. Chandler, Development, Diversification, and Decentralization, in Philip E. Freeman, ed.. Postwar Economic Trends in the United States (New York Harper Bros., 1960), pp. 275-277. See also Derdak, ed.. International Directory, vol. 1 (1988), pp. 414-416 quotation from p. 414. 

Wilke H.P., Weber C, Fries T., Ruhrtech-nik. Dr. Alfred Hrithig, Heidelberg, 1988. 

Here, it is worth drawing attention to the fact that research on these topics was furthered for a while by some sociological and economic movements. Alfred Weber (brother of Max Weber) developed a site-specific theory, and Edgar Salin, a Basle economist belonging to the circle around the Weber brothers, discussed aspects of the Weber economic sociology, and taught them to his students.An independent interpretation can be found in L. F. Haber s book on the nineteenth century chemical industry, but local historiography seldom discusses his proposals. In fact. 

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