The Logic of International Restructuring: The Management of Dependencies in Rival Industrial ComplexesThere is within the corporate world an evolving international restructuring race,between industrial complexes,that is set to intensify over the coming years.An industrial complex consists of suppliers,distributors,governments,financiers and trade unions.It is the reorganisation of the relationship between the core firm and the above components that is set to change before very long. In this book, Winfied Ruigrok and Rob van Tulder address many current debates on topics such as "Post-Fordism","globalisation" and "lean production".They also identify a number pf rival internationalisation strategies that have been adopted by different companies.Moreover,they present an abundance of new,as well as historical data,on the world's one hundred largest core companies.This data shows that none of the largest core firms is truly "global" or "borderless",and that virtually all of them in their history have benefited decisively from Governmental trade or industrial policies. The authors offer a highly interdisciplinary effort to link three previously isolated debates on industrial restructuring,globalisation and international trade policies.The Logic of International Restructuring is aimed at a wide academic,post-graduate and professional audience working in the areas of business,economics,organisational studies and international relations. |
Contents
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Rival concepts of restructuring | 49 |
The dynamism of industrial complexes | 63 |
bargaining outside the value | 91 |
Rival views of globalisation | 119 |
The myth of the global corporation | 152 |
Rival internationalisation strategies | 174 |
Rival trade policy strategies | 200 |
The management of international dependencies | 269 |
The bargaining dynamism of industrial complexes | 301 |
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