The industrial corporation and capitalism's time-space fix

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    Abstract

    In this chapter I review economic geography's study of the modern corporation. There are two parts. In the first part I revisit the influence of analysis from political economy and the pioneering work of David Harvey and his exposition of capitalism's geography. I then use Harvey's work to track research into the changing nature of the organizational and investment behaviors of corporations. Here we encounter four themes: the post-war development of monopolies, the processes of industrial restructuring, the impacts of financialization processes, and the pursuit of globalization. In the second part, I present a case study of BHP Billiton, the world's largest minerals company, and relive its development as a powerful capitalist entity. The chapter concludes with a discussion of what an economic geography of the corporation might look like in the years ahead.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Economic Geography
    EditorsTrevor J. Barnes, Jamie Peck, Eric Sheppard
    Place of PublicationU.S.
    PublisherWiley-Blackwell
    Pages74-90
    Number of pages17
    ISBN (Print)9781444336801
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • BHP Billiton
    • corporations
    • economic geography

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