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| code: | A3002 | studiebelasting: | 3 sp | periode: | sem. 2 | ||
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| naam: | Transnational companies and the geo-economy | ||||||
| internet: | rooster | ||||||
| opleiding/fase: | econ/d23/profiel | ||||||
| voertaal: | English | ||||||
| docent(en): | dr. W.F. Sleegers | ||||||
| contactpersoon: | dr. W.F. Sleegers | ||||||
| secretariaat: | AE/Ie&ba | ||||||
| aanmelding: | at the first lecture | ||||||
| toelatingseisen: | - | ||||||
| aanbevolen: | - | ||||||
| onderwijsvorm: | 2 hours lecture each week | ||||||
| tentamenvorm: | oral and/or written examination | ||||||
| tentamenperiode: | mei/juni, augustus (herkansing) | ||||||
| tentameneisen: | - | ||||||
| tentamenstof: | lectures and compulsory reading | ||||||
To acquire insight and knowledge of the spatial organization of society. The focus is at Trans National Companies (TNC's) and the 'environments' in which they operate.
Trans National Companies are often viewed as the prime 'movers and shapers' of the global economy. One of the arguments is that they control the web of enterprises created and sustained by them. Although they may have overcome the tyranny of distance, they still are part of the environment in which they are embedded. In this way they can act as a linking pin between local and global environments. In this course we deal with the forces which play a role in firm growth, such as technology and network formation and discuss their relations with their respective environments. However the process of the development of firms is a complex one, as it refers to firm creation, closure and reallocation, but also to mergers and take-overs, as well as restructuring strategies. The latter may be internally induced as a part of a firms strategy or externally imposed by a government body. This set of factors also varies by sector, stage in the growth process and social, cultural and institutional context. To gain an understanding of the various roles of these factors from a global perspective a comparative approach is adopted, where the interaction between firms and their various environments are discussed in different regional settings, viz. Europe, Asia.
Will be announced at the first lecture.
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