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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
