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| Quantitative factors | These are measurable in *financial terms* and will have a direct impact on either the *costs* of a site or the *revenues* from it and its *profitability*. |
| Offshoring | The relocation of a business activity to the same company abroad or to another company in a different country |
| Multi-national corporation (MNC) | A multi-national business with operations in more than one country |
| Insourcing | the use of a company's own employees for a task/function that would otherwise have been outsourced |
| Outsourcing | the practice or transferring internal business activities to an outside party, to reduce costs and/or increase productivity. |
| Infrastructure | transportation, communication, water, electric and other support systems of an area |
| Clustering | when a business locates near other organizations that operate in similar or complementary markets |
| Bulk-increasing businesses | involved with products that increase in weight during the production process. Usually better to be located near customers in this case. |
| Optimal location | a business location that gives the best combination of quantitative and qualitative factors |
| Qualitative factors | non-measurable factors that may influence business decisions |
| Subcontracting | the practice of assigning to another business part of the contract |
| Inshoring | ending offshoring contracts with overseas suppliers and returning functions or processes to business operations in the home country |
| Break-even analysis | financial calculations comparing two or more choices |
| Investment Appraisal | financial calculations used to identify the choice with the highest potential return over a number of years |
| Business process outsourcing (BPO) | a form of outsourcing using a third party to take responsibility for complete business functions |
