Corporate Germany Between Globalization and Regional Place Dependence

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.

Autorentext
CHRISTIAN BERNDT is Wissenschaftlicker Assistant at Katholische Universität Eichstäett, Germany. He undertook his PhD in Cambridge and has contributed a number of articles to economic and geographical journals.

Inhalt
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