Corporate Networks and the Spatial and Functional Reorganizations of Large Firms

Li, F

doi:10.1068/a271627

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“…The empirical literature dealing with this question is, as a result, relatively rare. Most existing empirical tests are based on monographic studies or on some rare statistical surveys examining limited samples (for example, Bresnahan et al, 2000;Hwang, 1998;Karlsson, 1995;Li, 1995). In these works we meet the two important types of determinants that have been highlighted above: the factors related to the internal and external modes of coordination of a firm and those related to the nature of its environment, and, more accurately, to its spatial organisation (Fischer and Johansson, 1994;Karlsson, 1995).…”

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Organisational and Spatial Determinants of ICT Adoption: The Case of French Industrial Firms

2001

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IntroductionRecent works in economics have attempted to show the influence of information and communication technologies (ICT), which are usually used to store and transfer data, not only on the organisation and performances of firms, but also on their location. Although it is generally accepted that an efficient use of ICT is dependent on the organisation of the firm, the analysis of their spatial impacts has resulted in contradictory conclusions. Some authors support the hypothesis that the diffusion of ICT is likely to modify the geography of the firms' locations by facilitating long-distance communications. Thus, contradictory locational tendencies, expressing different spatial logics, are evidenced (Cornford et al, 2000). On the one hand, by facilitating coordination within and between firms, ICT are thought to provide more independence in location choices. This could give rise to spatial reorganisations of firms, leading to the phenomenon of a spatial decentralisation of activities:``the new telecommunication technologies facilitate the decentralization and relocation of industrial and administrative establishments, especially for those where the rapid acquisition of information and knowledge is not essential'' (Thisse and van Ypersele, 1999, page 24). On the other hand, ICT could reinforce the tendency towards industrial concentration: thanks to the fall in the costs related to geographical distance, firms could decide to set up in highly industrialised areas in order to take advantage of complementarities and externalities (Ellison and Glaeser, 1997). Other authors bring to the fore the view that ICT have no influence by emphasising the irreducible character of local interactions, particularly in the case of activities which mobilise or necessitate complex knowledge combinations (Lung et al, 1997;Storper, 1996).

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“…One way in which information and knowledge spills over through a system of cities is through the varied networks of interfirm, supply-demand relationships (Li 1995;Ettlinger and Patton 1996). Viewed from a larger industry scale, there are many more possible network connections between firms in a more densely settled urban system, and with smaller average length, than in a sparsely settled urban system.…”

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City Systems and Industrial Market Structure

Krmenec

Esparza

1999

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Industrial geographers are broadening both the scope and scale of analyses in their quest for deeper understanding of industrial formation and evolution. This has led them to link industrial processes at various spatial scales and to revisit well-defined organizational structures, especially city systems. Taking stock of renewed interest, this paper investigates the relationship between urban regional systems and industrial market structure. The paper demonstrates that the U.S. is composed of urban regional systems that vary in density of urban settlement, and argues that dynamic externalities and barriers to market entry and exit play out within these distinct systems to develop regionalized industry market structures that range from competitive to oligopolistic. An empirical analysis identifies these market structures through use of a Hildreth-Houck variable-coefficients model. Elasticity-of-scale estimates are derived for thirteen consumer and producer services industries at the MSA scale, using 1982 and 1992 County Business Patterns data. The results reveal a systematic geography of industry structure generally supportive of the hypotheses linking density of urban settlement to industry market structure. Producer services industries in the western U.S. tend toward oligopolistic market structures, while those in the more densely settled midwest and east are more competitive.

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Espaces, organisations et TIC : les enseignements d'une comparaison intersectorielleFirm' location, organisation and ICT adoption: Evidence from a sectoral comparison

Galliano

2003

Géographie Économie Société

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Corporate Networks and the Spatial and Functional Reorganizations of Large Firms

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Organisational and Spatial Determinants of ICT Adoption: The Case of French Industrial Firms

Organisational and Spatial Determinants of ICT Adoption: The Case of French Industrial Firms

City Systems and Industrial Market Structure

Espaces, organisations et TIC : les enseignements d'une comparaison intersectorielleFirm' location, organisation and ICT adoption: Evidence from a sectoral comparison

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