Corporate Germany between globalization and regional place dependence Business restructuring in the Ruhr area. - Ebook. - Originally published in: 2001 - Berndt, Christian (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001)
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List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps Preface List of Abbreviations Putting Business Restructuring in Context: Globalization, the Crisis of the German Model and Rhineland Capitalism Situating Business Strategies: Institutions, Regulation and Geography Scaling Business Strategies: Globalization, Place Dependence and Institutional Distance Globalization, 'Americanization' and the Changing Corporate Power Geometry The Territorialization of Ruhr Conglomerates: Regional Engagement and Place Dependence The Ruhr Mittelstand: The Institutional Limits to Restructuring In-Space The Regional Responses by Mittelstand Firms: Falling Back on 'Tested and Tried Relations', Transmission of Pressure and Systemic Change Making the (Re)connections: Governance Dilemmas, Discursive Regulation and the Scaling of Organizational Space Appendices Notes Bibliography Glossary Index