Corporate Germany Between Globalization and Regional Place Dependence: Business Restructuring in the Ruhr Area

Berndt, C.

Christian Berndt investigates how selected corporate actors in German small and medium-sized enterprises and in large companies respond to globalisation and the apparent crisis of the German model. By exploring the role of economic and non-economic factors in shaping business strategies he argues that, rather than simply being formal opposites, forces of dynamic change and irrational persistence are intertwined.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2001-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349422692

DOI: 10.1057/9780230508286

Dimensions: 203cm x133cm

Pages: 257