LOCATIONAL DECISION-MAKING IN A RESOURCE-BASED MANUFACTURING SECTOR: CASE STUDIES FROM THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA*

Based on interviews with corporate executives, this paper examines several decisions to locate pulp and paper mills in British Columbia during the 1960's and early 1970's. It emphasizes locational evaluations of regions, communities, and sites interpreted as parts of wider investment decision processes and longer-run corporate strategies. Relationships between initial locational decisions and post-locational assessments and adjustments are also identified.