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19. ISEG: Global Production networks, foreign direct investments, and international trade | Prof. Dr. Claes G. Alvstam

19. ISEG: Global Production networks, foreign direct investments, and international trade | Prof. Dr. Claes G. Alvstam

Prof. Dr. Claes G. Alvstam,  Department of Human and Economic Geography, Göteborg University, Sweden.

Programm und Ablauf des Seminars

07. - 11.01.2008 jeweils von 16:00-19:00 Uhr

  1. Session (07. January): International economic interaction: Conceptualisation and typologies
    • Dicken, P. (2007): Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5. Auflage. London: Sage, Kap. 1-2. (Handapparat)
    • Pellenbarg, P.; Wever. E. (Hrsg.) (2008): International Business Geography: case studies of corporate firms. London: Routledge, Kap. 1. (Handapparat)
    • Alvstam, C.G.; Schamp, E.W. (2005): Introduction: Linking Industries Across the World – New Challenges to the World Economy. In: Alvstam&Schamp (eds.) Linking Industries Across the World.: Processes of Global Networking. Aldershot: Ashgate. xiii-xxvii. (Handapparat)
    • Hermelin, B.; Rusten, G. (2007): The Organizational and Territorial Changes of Services in a Globalized World. Geografiska Annaler, (89B)S1, 5-11.

  2. Session (08. January): The spatial behaviour of the global corporation
    • Dicken, P. (2007): Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5. Auflage. London: Sage, Kap. 4-8. (Handapparat)
    • Pellenbarg, P.; Wever. E. (Hrsg.) (2008): International Business Geography: case studies of corporate firms. London: Routledge, Kap. 3, 9, 10. (Handapparat)
    • Bryson, J.R. (2007): The ‘Second’ Global Shift: The Offshoring or Global Sourcing of Corporate Services and the Rise of Distanciated Emotional Labour. Geografiska Annaler, (89B)1, 31-43.

  3. Session (09. January): Technology and knowledge transfer from global corporations to local suppliers (using the Volvo Bus case)
    • Dicken, P. (2007): Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5. Auflage. London: Sage, Kap. 3. (Handapparat)
    • Pellenbarg, P.; Wever. E. (Hrsg.) (2008): International Business Geography: case studies of corporate firms. London: Routledge, Kap. 12. (Handapparat)
    • Ivarsson, I.; Alvstam, C-G. (2004): "International Technology Transfer to Local Suppliers by Volvo Trucks in India" Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, (95)1, 27-43.
    • Ivarsson, I.; Alvstam, C-G. (2005): The Effect of Spatial Proximity on Technology Transfer from TNCs to Local Suppliers in Developing Countries: The Case of AB Volvo's Truck and Bus Plants in Brazil, China, India and Mexico. Economic Geography, (81)1, 83-111.

  4. Session (10. January): International trade policy and its geographical implications
    • Dicken, P. (2007): Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5. Auflage. London: Sage, Kap. 6, 19. (Handapparat)
    • Hufbauer, G.C. & J.J. Schott (2007): ‘Multilateralizing Regionalism: Fitting Asia-Pacific Agreements into the WTO System’. Paper presented at the conference on multilateralising regionalism. WTO Geneva, 10-12 September 2007.

  5. Session (11. January): International economic interaction: Putting the pieces together 
    • Dicken, P. (2007): Global Shift: mapping the changing contours of the world economy. 5. Auflage. London: Sage, Kap. 15-19. (Handapparat)
    • Pellenbarg, P.; Wever. E. (Hrsg.) (2008): International Business Geography: case studies of corporate firms. London: Routledge, Kap. 13. (Handapparat)
    • Stiglitz, J. (2006): Making Globalization Work. London: Allen Lane. (Handapparat)