International Business Geography: Case Studies of Corporate Firms

ISBN-13: 9780415514590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 304 str.

Piet Pellenbarg

Opis

Of interest to a range of disciplines within business and management, economics and geography, this book, written by eminent scholars, explores changes in the international economic environment, their impacts on the strategy of firms and the spatial consequences of these changes in strategy.

Spis treści

1. The Corporate Firm in a Spatial Context  2. Networks of Firms in Flanders (Belgium): Characteristics and Territorial Impacts  3. Global Production and Trade Systems: The Volvo Case  4. The Organization of the Production Process: The Case of Smartville  5. Internal Venturing: Sponsored Corporate Spin-Offs in Sweden  6. Becoming a Global Player: Ing Real Estate  7. The Industrial Structure and Location Behaviour of the US, European and Asian Semiconductor Industries  8. Globalization of a Potato Starch Co-Operative: The Case of Avebe  9. Philips: A Global Electronics Firm Restructuring its Home Base  10. Product Upgrading and Survival: The Case of VW Navarra  11. The Demise of a Local Champion: Macmillan Bloedel's Acquisition by Weyerhaeuser  12. Glaxosmithkline: Regional and Local Networking in a Post-Communist Economy  13. Epilogue: A Relational Perspective

O autorze

Piet Pellenbarg, Egbert Wever