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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828271503321

Titolo

The geography of multinationals : studies in the spatial development and economic consequences of multinational corporations / / edited by Michael Taylor and Nigel Thrift

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-12455-8

0-203-07629-X

1-299-44787-2

1-135-12456-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Routledge library editions. International business ; ; v. 37

Disciplina

338.88

Soggetti

International business enterprises - Location

Industrial location

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1982 by Croom Helm.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The spatial development sequences of multinational corporations -- pt. 2. The geographical ramifications of multinational corporations.

Sommario/riassunto

Through a series of international case studies, the nature and the geographical implications of the development of multinational corporations is examined. The volume concentrates on the latter Post-War period of corporate restructuring and readjustment in response to world-wide recession in the mid-1980s. The volume is divided into two parts. In the first each of the chapters considers a particular aspect of the problem of how multinational corporations have developed. In the second part the chapters consider different aspects of the economic and social impacts of these corpor