Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy /: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Dicken.
• Authors: Dicken, Peter
• Contents: What in the World Is Going On?; Part I: The Changing Contours of the Global Economy; The Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global Economy; Part II: Processes of Global Shift; Tangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global Economy; Technological Change: ‘Gales of Creative Destruction’; Transnational Corporations: The Primary Movers and Shapers of the Global Economy; The State Really Does Matter; Part III: Winning and Losing in the Global Economy; The Uneasy Relationship between TNCs and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration; 'Capturing Value' within Global Production Networks; 'Destroying Value'? Environmental Impacts of Global Production Networks; Winning and Losing: Where You Live Really Matters; Making the World a Better Place; Part IV: The Picture in Different Sectors; 'Making Holes in the Ground': The Extractive Industries; 'We Are What We Eat': The Agro-Food Industries; 'Fabric-ating Fashion': The Clothing Industries; 'Wheels of Change': The Automobile Industry; 'Making the World Go Round': Advanced Business Services; 'Making the Connections, Moving the Goods': Logistics and Distribution Services
• Edition: 7th edition
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (648 pages)
• Subjects: 338.09051; Industries -- History -- 20th century; International economic relations; International business enterprises; Economic history -- 20th century; Economic geography; Globalization -- Economic aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473911048; 1473911044
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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