ABSTRACT

The fields of Economic Geography and International Business share an interest in the same phenomena, whilst each provides both a differing perspective and different research methods in attempting to understand those phenomena.

The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business explores the nature and scope of inter-disciplinary work between Economic Geography and International Business in explaining the central issues in the international economy. Contributions written by leading specialists in each field (including some chapters written by inter-disciplinary teams) focus on the nature of multinational firms and their strategies, where they choose to locate their activities, how they create and manage international networks and the key relationships between multinationals and the places where they place their operations. Topics covered include the internationalisation of service industries, the influence of location on the competitiveness of firms and the economic dynamism of regions and where economic activity takes place and how knowledge, goods and services flow between locations.

The book examines the areas for fruitful inter-disciplinary work between International Business and Economic Geography and sets out a road map for future joint research, and is an essential resource for students and practitioners of International Business and Economic Development.

part II|61 pages

Some core material in Economic Geography

chapter 8|18 pages

Evolutionary Economic Geography

An emerging field or framework?

chapter 9|14 pages

Global Production Networks

part III|139 pages

The interface between Economic Geography and International Business

chapter 14|15 pages

Cities And International Business

Insights from cross-disciplinary perspectives

part IV|109 pages

Key research at the interface of International Business and Economic Geography

chapter 18|15 pages

Corporate Learning And Knowledge Flows

From glass pipelines to dark pools

chapter 19|13 pages

International Knowledge Transfer

chapter 21|17 pages

Stepping out of the comfort zone?

An examination of regional orientation in emerging-economy MNEs’ cross-border M&As

chapter 23|16 pages

Language And The Development Of Trade Networks In Early Modern Europe

Modern reflexes, unexpected consequences

part V|50 pages

Location and competitiveness

part VI|103 pages

Services, International Business and Economic Geography

chapter 28|16 pages

An Economic Geography Of Globalizing Retail

Emergence, characteristics, contribution

chapter 29|16 pages

Innovation, Market Segmentation And Entrepreneurship In Services

The case of the hotel industry

chapter 31|14 pages

Designed Here, Re-Designed There But Made Somewhere Else

Geography, translocal business and the exploitation of difference

chapter 32|21 pages

The Culture Of Finance

chapter 33|14 pages

The Internationalization And Localization Of Professional Services

The case of executive search firms in Australia

part VII|16 pages

Epilogue

chapter 34|14 pages

Epilogue