International business geography
Subtitle: case studies of corporate firms
By: edited by Piet Pellenbarg and Egbert Wever.
Contributors: Pellenbarg, P. H.; Wever, E.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon; N.Y., NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415429191
Subjects: Industrial location -- Case studies; Space in economics; Corporations -- Sociological aspects
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The corporate firm in a spatial context / Piet Pellenbarg and Egbert Wever; title: Networks of firms in Flanders (Belgium): characteristics and territorial impacts / Dominique Vanneste and Peter Cabus; title: Global production and trade systems: the Volvo case / Inge Ivarsson and Claes Alvstam; title: The organization of the production process: the case of Smartville / Peter Dörrenbächer and Christian Schulz; title: Iinternal venturing: sponsored corporate spin-offs in Sweden / Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand and Martin Wallin; title: Becoming a global player: ING real estate / Ed Nozeman; title: The industrial structure and location behavior of the US, European and Asian semiconductor industries / Tomokazu Arita and Philip McCann; title: Globalization of a potato starch co-operative: the case of Avebe / Dirk Strijker; title: Philips: a global electronics firm restructuring its home base / Oedzge Atzema, Egbert Wever and Marlies Krol; title: Product upgrading and survival: the case of VW Navarra / Martina Fuchs; title: The demise of a local champion: Macmillan Bloedel's acquisition by Weyerhaeuser / Roger Hayter; title: Glaxosmithkline: regional and local networking in a post-communist economy / Tadeus Stryjakiewicz; title: Epilogue: a relational perspective / Peter Dicken.