International facility location decisions: a review of the modelling literature

Recently, international facilities location problems have attracted a great deal of attention in literature. Consequently, there has been an explosive growth in analytical studies in the field of facility location and, more specifically in global facility location. This paper provides a review of the existing literature with respect to factors involved in global trade and develops a taxonomy of existing analytical models. Some avenues of further research are also suggested.international facility location; modelling; literature review; supply chain management