Corporate Germany between Globalization and Regional Place Dependence : Business Restructuring in the Ruhr Area

by Christian Berndt

Christian Berndt investigates how selected corporate actors in German small and medium-sized enterprises and in large companies respond to globalisation and the apparent crisis of the German model. By exploring the role of economic and non-economic factors in shaping business strategies he argues that, rather than simply being formal opposites, forces of dynamic change and irrational persistence are intertwined

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Year of publication:	2001
Authors:	Berndt, Christian
Publisher:	London : Palgrave Macmillan
Subject:	Globalisierung \| Globalization \| Strategisches Management \| Strategic management \| Großunternehmen \| Large firm \| KMU \| SME \| Organisatorischer Wandel \| Organizational change \| Ruhrgebiet \| Ruhr district \| Unternehmen \| Restrukturierung \| Internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit \| Regionale Wirtschaftskooperation \| Regionalpolitik \| Klein- und Mittelbetrieb
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

Extent:	Online-Ressource (XVIII, 257 p, online resource)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher Springer eBook Collection / Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Bibliografie enthalten ; Bibliography included
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Putting Business Restructuring in Context: Globalization, the Crisis of the German Model and Rhineland Capitalism; 2 Situating Business Strategies: Institutions and Regulation; 3 Scaling Business Strategies: Globalization, Place Dependence and Institutional Distance; 4 Globalization, 'Americanization' and the Changing Corporate Power Geometry; 5 The Territorialization of Ruhr Conglomerates: Regional Engagement and Place Dependence 6 The Ruhr Mittelstand: The Institutional Limits to Restructuring in Space7 The Regional Responses by Mittelstand Firms: Falling Back on 'Tested and Tried Relations', Transmission of Pressure and Systemic Change; 8 Making the (Re)connections: Governance Dilemmas, Discursive Regulation and the Scaling of Organizational Space; Appendixes; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-230-50828-6 ; 978-1-349-42269-2
Other identifiers:	10.1057/9780230508286 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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