Industrial Organisation and Location

Klappentext This book attempts to advance locational explanation in industrial geography by more fully exploring relationships between organizations and the environments within which they operate. Zusammenfassung This book attempts to advance locational explanation in industrial geography by more fully exploring relationships between organizations and the environments within which they operate. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Location, Communication and the Organisation: 1. Introduction; 2. The structural contingency model of organizations; 3. The organisation and its external linkages; Part II. Environment and enterprise structure in the United Kingdom Electronics Industry: 4. The electronics industry in the United Kingdom; 5. Measuring organisational structure, performance and development; 6. Defining task environments through linkages and information contacts; 7. Towards a spatial model of organization-environment interaction; 8. Summary and conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: P. J. McDermott, P. J. Taylor Mcdermott, Philip McDermott, Michael Taylor
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.03.2009
• EAN: 9780521105606
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10560-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Cambridge Geographical Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches