Analysis of Office Location in the Livelihood Spheres

本研究的目的是从日本全国城市体系的角度，对2000年至2010年总公司和分支公司所在地的等级结构变化进行定量分析。数据摘自Diamond Inc.出版的《组织结构图和办公室手册》（2001、2005和2011年版）。大型企业往往拥有多个地点的组织，并将其总部和分支办事处设在许多具有更好地理位置条件的城市，例如市场规模大、易于收集信息和面对面接触的城市，特别是与政府机构。行政管理研究所出版的《行政结构图》也被用来了解政府机构的分布情况，因为政府机构的位置对私营部门办事处的位置很重要。

The aim of this study was to quantitatively capture changes in the hierarchical structure of head and branch office location from the viewpoint of the national urban system in Japan from 2000 to 2010. The data was extracted from the Handbook of Organization Charts and Offices (2001, 2005 and 2011 editions) published by Diamond Inc. Large businesses tend to have multi-locational organizations and to locate their head and branch offices in many cities with preferable locational conditions such as cities that offer large market size, ease of information collection, and face-to-face contact, especially with government agencies. The Administrative Structure Charts published by Institute of Administrative Management were also utilized to understand the distribution of government agencies because of the importance of the location of government organizations on the location of private sector offices.