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Informationen zum Autor Michael Taylor is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geography, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK.Paivi Oinas is a Research Fellow in Department of Applied Economics at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Klappentext Firms are at the very heart of modern day life. This book addresses some of the gaps in the current state of the theory of the firm from an economic geography perspective: issues around the boundaries of the firm; the collective agency of the firm; the political firm, financial markets, and the state; and the firm in place. Zusammenfassung Firms are at the very heart of modern day life. This book addresses some of the gaps in the current state of the theory of the firm from an economic geography perspective: issues around the boundaries of the firm; the collective agency of the firm; the political firm, financial markets, and the state; and the firm in place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Theorising the Firm - Introduction 1: Michael Taylor: Fragments and Gaps: Exploring the Theory of the Firm Part II: The Boundaries of the Firm 2: Päivi Oinas: The Many Boundaries of the Firm 3: Michael Taylor and John Bryson: Guns, Firms, and Contracts: The Evolution of Gun-Making in Birmingham Part III: Collective Agency and Narratives on Performance 4: Michael Taylor: The Firm: Coalitions, Communities and Collective Agency 5: Phillip O'Neill: The Corporation, Shareholder Value Added and the Power of Financial Management Narratives Part IV: The 'Political' Firm and the State 6: Ann Markusen: Distortions in Industrial Geography: Triangulating Among Industrial Firms, and the State 7: Ray Hudson: Firms as Political Actors in Processes of Capital Accumulation and Regional Development Part V: The Firm in Place 8: Mia Gray: An Activity Specific Approach to the High-Tech Firm 9: Bjørn T. Asheim: Learning Firms in Learning Regions: Innovation, Cooperation and Social Capital Part IV: Theorising the Firm - Afterword 10: Päivi Oinas: Theorising the Firm in Economic Geography and Why It Matters ...
