Die Theorie strategischer Gruppen geht davon aus, dass sich strategische Gruppen bilden, wenn neue Ressourcen infolge sozialen Wandels verfügbar werden. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie weit Globalisierungsprozesse neue Aneignungschancen schaffen, die zur Bildung globaler strategischer...

With globalisation and knowledge-based production, firms may cooperate on a global scale, outsource parts of their administrative or productive units and negate location altogether. The extremely low transaction costs of data, information and knowledge seem to invalidate the theory of...

Whereas many institutions are in place to govern urban and rural land, maritime areas are less well covered. This situation of a "governance void" has led to uncertainty and conflicts. Thus the South China Sea has become a contested maritime space. In this paper the cultural theory of Oswald...