LEADER 03184oam 2200637I 450 001 9910453107803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-07652-4 010 $a1-299-44866-6 010 $a1-135-12611-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203076521 035 $a(CKB)2550000001018494 035 $a(EBL)1163777 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000910332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11496478 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000910332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10930995 035 $a(PQKB)10771819 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1163777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1163777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10682896 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL476116 035 $a(OCoLC)839547337 035 $a(OCoLC)846979982 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001018494 100 $a20180706e20131990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe corporate firm in a changing world economy $ecase studies in the geography of enterprise /$fedited by Marc de Smidt and Egbert Wever 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. International business ;$vv. 36 300 $aFirst published in 1990 by Routledge. 311 $a1-138-00793-5 311 $a0-415-65777-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 change 327 $a8 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; Index 330 $aThis book examines the economic environment and phenomena of multinational business with reference to case studies of major multinational companies, including IBM, Philips, Nissan and Volvo. It assesses how the major theories explaining the response of companies to changes are borne out by the experience of individual firms. 410 0$aRoutledge Library Editions: International Business 606 $aInternational business enterprises$xLocation$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInternational business enterprises$xLocation 676 $a338.8/8 701 $aSmidt$b M. de$0938746 701 $aWever$b E$0938747 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453107803321 996 $aThe corporate firm in a changing world economy$92115823 997 $aUNINA