International business geography case studies of corporate firms /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pellenbarg, P. H., Wever, E.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
Series:Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 37.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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 Dörrenbächer and Christian Schulz
  • Internal venturing : sponsored corporate spin-offs in Sweden / Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand and Martin W. 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 Marloes 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.