02827oam 2200505 450 991081310390332120190911100040.00-203-07652-41-299-44866-61-135-12611-910.4324/9780203076521 (OCoLC)846979982(MiFhGG)GVRL8PWK(EXLCZ)99255000000101849420141209d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrThe corporate firm in a changing world economy case studies in the geography of enterprise /edited by Marc de Smidt and Egbert WeverLondon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (xiv, 247 pages)Routledge library editions. International business ;v. 36First published in 1990 by Routledge.1-138-00793-5 0-415-65777-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Firms: Strategy and changing environments; 2 IBM: The corporate chameleon; 3 Philips: A global electronics firm restructures its home base; 4 Standard Elektrik Lorenz: Introducing CAD into a telecommunications firm: its impact on labour; 5 Goodman Fielder Wattie: Good Food World-wide? Internationalization and performance; 6 ccFriesland: Spatial dynamics within a dynamic company; 7 MacMillan Bloedel: Corporate restructuring and employment change8 Nissan Motor Company: Stages of international growth, locational profile, and subcontracting in the Tokyo region9 Volvo: The organization of work: a determinant of the future location of manufacturing enterprises; 10 Daewoo: Corporate growth and spatial organization; 11 The geography of enterprise: elements of a research agenda; IndexThis book examines the economic environment and phenomena of multinational business with reference to case studies of major multinational companies, including IBM, Philips, Nissan and Volvo. It assesses how the major theories explaining the response of companies to changes are borne out by the experience of individual firms. Routledge Library Editions: International BusinessInternational business enterprisesLocationCase studiesIndustrial locationCase studies. International business enterprisesLocationCase studies.Industrial locationCase studies. 338.8/8Smidt M. deWever E.MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910813103903321The corporate firm in a changing world economy4022902UNINA