Geography, 2^nd Ed.

International Enterprise

The Open University

Publisher: The Open University, 2001

ISBN: 0-7492-7678-9

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0. Introduction
• Background to the unit
• Aims and objectives
• Overview of the unit
1. The Geography of International Enterprise
• 1.1 The Growth of Foreign Direct Investment
• 1.2 Geographical Origins and Destinations of Foreign Direct Investment
• Geographical Origins of FDI: The Old and the New
• Geographical Destinations of FDI: Increasing Interpenetration
• 1.3 Home Country Influence: The National Characteristics of International Enterprise
• 1.4 Conclusion
2. The Geographical Organization and Reorganization of International Enterprise
• 2.1 The Production (Value) Chain
• 2.2 The Influence of Technology on the Geography of Production Chains
• 2.3 The Strategic Orientation of the International Firm
• 2.4 The Political Environment
• 2.5 The Internal Geography of the International Firm
• Corporate and Regional Headquarters
• Research and Development Facilities
• Production Units
• Globally Concentrated Production
• Host Market Production
• Product Specialization for a Global or Regional Market
• Transnational Vertical Integration of Production
• Services
• 2.6 The External Geography of the International Firm
• The Geographical Dimension of Subcontracting
• The Changing Relationship Between Customers and Suppliers
• 2.7 Synthesis of Organizational and Geographical Relationships
• 2.8 Conclusion
3. The Geographical Dynamics of Population and Human Resources
• 3.1 The ‘Numbers Game’: The Dynamics of Population Change
• The Explosive Growth of World Population
• Processes of Population Growth
• ‘Young’ Populations and ‘Old’ Populations
• ‘Mobile’ Populations: The Dynamics of International Migration
• 3.2 The Implications of Population Dynamics for Product and Labour Markets
• Population Influences on Consumer Markets
• Population Influences on Labour Markets
• The Important Link Between People as Consumers and People as Workers
• 3.3 Conclusion