Global shift mapping the changing contours of the world economy Dicken, Peter creator author. ProQuest (Firm) text bibliography Electronic books. nyu 2015 2015 Seventh edition. monographic eng remote 1 online resource. Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Praise for Global Shift; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Preface to the Seventh Edition; About the Companion Website; One. What in the World Is Going On? ; The End of the World as We Knew It; Conflicting Perspectives of 'Globalization'; Grounding Globalization: Geography Really Does Matter; Part I. The Changing Contours of the Global Economy; Two. The Centre of Gravity Shifts: Transforming the Geographies of the Global Economy; The Importance of Taking a Long View: The Imprint of Past Geographies; Roller-Coasters and Interconnections. Global Shifts: The Changing Contours of The Global Economic MapThe centre of Gravity Has Shifted; Part II. Processes of Global Shift; Three. Tangled Webs: Unravelling Complexity in the Global Economy; Connections, Connections ; Institutional Macro-Structures of the Global Economy; Global Production Networks; Even in a Globalizing World, Economic Activities Are Geographically Localized; Networks of Networks; Four. Technological Change: 'Gales of Creative Destruction'; Technology and Economic Transformation; Processes of Technological Change: An Evolutionary Perspective. Time-Space Shrinking TechnologiesTechnological Innovations in Products, Production Systems and Organizational Forms; Geographies of Innovation; Five. Transnational Corporations: The Primary `Movers and Shapers' of the Global Economy; The Myth of the `Global' Corporation; Why Firms Transnationalize; How Firms Transnationalize; TNCs as `Networks within Networks'; Configuring the TNCs' Internal Networks; TNCs within Networks of Externalized Relationships; Perpetual Change: Reshaping TNCs' Internal and External Networks; Six. The State Really Does Matter; `The State Is Dead' -- Oh No It Isn't! States as ContainersStates as Regulators; States as Collaborators ; Part III. Winning and Losing in the Global Economy; Seven. The Uneasy Relationship between Transnational Corporations and States: Dynamics of Conflict and Collaboration ; The Ties That Bind; Bargaining Processes between TNCs and States; Eight. `Capturing Value' within Global Production Networks ; Placing Places in GPNs; Creating and Enhancing and capturing Value in GPNs; Upgrading (or Downgrading) of Local Economies within GPNs ; Nine. Destroying Value?: Environmental Impacts of Global Production Networks. Production-Distribution-Consumption as a System of Materials Flows and BalancesDisturbing the Delicate Balance of Life on Earth: Damaging the Earth's Atmosphere; Fouling the Nest: Creating, Disposing and Recycling Waste; Ten. Winning and Losing: Where You Live Really Matters ; Location Matters; Incomes and Poverty; Where Will the Jobs Come From? ; Populations on the Move; Eleven. Making the World a Better Place; `The Best of All Possible Worlds'?; TNCs and Corporate Social Responsibility; States and Issues of Global Governance ; A Better World?; Part IV. The Picture in Different Sectors. Peter Dicken. Electronic resource. Includes bibliographical references (pages 566-596) and index. Industries History 20th century International economic relations International business enterprises Economic policy Globalization Economic aspects Technological innovations Economic aspects 1900-1999 fast HD2321 .D53 2015 338.09/051 Global shift : mapping the changing contours of the world economy Dicken, Peter. New York, New York : The Guilford Press, ©2015 Seventh edition. xxvii, 618 pages (DLC) 2014029508 9781462519644 1462519644 9781462519552 1462519555 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/tamucs/detail.action?docID=1760738 NhCcYBP 150113 20250816212640.3 in00004046490