while
Fothergill et al.’s (1985b) Constrained Location Hypothesis leant towards the paucity of urban industrial floorspace compared with that available in small towns and rural areas. By contrast,Gould & Keeble (1984) developed a Residential Preference Thesis, which directed attention to the appeal of the countryside – to potential
entrepreneurs – as a place in which to live and
work; while Massey’s (1984) Labour Cost Hypothesis
highlighted the tendency for (generally