TY - BOOK AU - Scherer, Roland AU - Derungs, Curdin T1 - Location Choice between Rationality and Emotionality T2 - 48th ERSA Congress CY - Liverpool, 29. August A2 - European Regional Science Association UR - https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/47140/ Y2 - 2008 AB - This article presents the concept of 'emerging place decisions'. It assumes that managers and owners of companies do not decide on locating their firms in a linear-sequential way. In fact, the decision process is characterised by a complex interplay of rational and emotional factors. Practical examples reveal that the process does not have a circular structure, meaning a logical-deductive sequence of different stages. Quite the contrary: the decision process is often interrupted and there are considerable time-lags between the individual phases. Necessary steps are skipped or analysed at a later date. Against this background we allude to 'emerging place decisions' - in short, to location decision processes which adapt to changing contextual and situational conditions. Therefore, the article aims at providing the conceptual framework to explain 'emerging place decisions'. T4 - The Concept of 'Emerging Place Decisions' T5 - Conference Paper Y3 - 11.02.2021 M4 - Citavi ER -