Towards global localization : the computing and telecommunications industries in Britain and France / / Philip Cooke. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797199703321
• Autore: Cooke Philip (Philip N.)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-51285-5; 1-315-71839-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Routledge Library Editions : Economic Geography ; ; Volume 2
• Disciplina: 338.470040941
• Soggetti: Computer industry - Location; Telecommunication equipment industry - Location; Computer industry - Great Britain - Location; Telecommunication equipment industry - Great Britain - Location
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1992.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Computing and communications in the UK and France : innovation, regulation and spatial dynamics : an introduction / Philip Cooke -- 2. High technology and flexibility / Olivier Weinstein -- 3. Accumulation and organization in computing and communications industries : a regulationist approach / Frank Moulaert & Erik Swyngedouw -- 4. Globalization and its management in computing and communications / Philip Cooke & Peter Wells -- 5. The regional patterns of computing and communications industries in the UK and France / Erik Swyngedouw, Martine Lemattre, Peter Wells -- 6. The computer hardware industry in the 1980s : technological change, competition and structural change / Peter Wells & Philip Cooke -- 7. The telecommunications equipment industry : the great transformation / Olivier Weinstein -- 8. Services : the bridge between computing and communications / Frank Moulaert -- 9. Global localization in computing and communications : conclusions / Philip Cooke.