Impact of Location Decision on Factors of Operation: A Study on Poultry Firms of Bangladesh

Location has always been considered as an important factor to influence the operation of a firm. Relocation and closure of firms are common due to poor choice of location. In Bangladesh, a good number of poultry firms situate in the premises of the owners' houses, which are far distant from the nearest economic hub. The underlying question of this study is - does location has an impact on the poultry firms? Do the nearby and remote firms have same impact of distance on their operation? This study considered seven factors, common to any firm including the poultry firms, to identify whether there is any impact of distance. It is found that except one factor of operation, all the other six factors, both financial and non-financial, are influenced due to the distant location from the economic hub. The nearby firms' scores for these factors are significantly different from those of the remote firms indicating nearby firms having some advantage because of proximity to the hub. Among the remote firms, the distant remote firms are being affected more than the close remote firms because of distance from the hub.