عنوان

International business geography: case studies of corporate firms

International business geography: case studies of corporate firms

Milton Park, Abingdon ; N.Y., NY

Routledge

2007

xvi, 286 p.: ill.; Map

Includes bibliographical references and index

edited by Piet Pellenbarg, Egbert Wever

The corporate firm in a spatial context / Piet Pellenbarg and Egbert Wever -- Networks of firms in Flanders )Belgium(: characteristics and territorial impacts / Dominique Vanneste and Peter Cabus -- Global production and trade systems: the Volvo case / Inge Ivarsson and Claes Alvstam -- The organization of the production process: the case of Smartville / Peter Dorrenbacher and Christian Schulz -- Iinternal venturing: sponsored corporate spin-offs in Sweden / Asa Lindholm Dahlstrand and Martin Wallin -- Becoming a global player: ING real estate / Ed Nozeman -- The industrial structure and location behavior of the US, European and Asian semiconductor industries / Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCann -- Globalization of a potato starch co-operative: the case of Avebe / Dirk Strijker -- Philips: a global electronics firm restructuring its home base / Oedzge Atzema, Egbert Wever and Marlies Krol -- Product upgrading and survival: the case of VW Navarra / Martina Fuchs -- The demise of a local champion: Macmillan Bloedel's acquisition by Weyerhaeuser / Roger Hayter -- Glaxosmithkline: regional and local networking in a post-communist economy / Tadeus Stryjakiewicz -- Epilogue: a relational perspective / Peter Dicken

Case studies ، Industrial location

، Space in economics

Sociological aspects ، Corporations

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AU Pellenbarg, P. H

AU Wever, E