Material culture: embedded firms, organizational networks and the local economic development of a fashion quarter
Géographie économique et culturelle d'une aire localisée: l'A. se demande comment des réseaux spatiaux d'entreprises peuvent présenter les signes d'une compétitivité accrue. Evolution et dynamique du quartier de la mode (marché de la dentelle) à
Concept ; Earth surface processes ; Geomorphology ; Model ; Philosophy ; Spatial variation ; Time
of question in a new way: one which gives priority to organizational/compositional relationships rather than to detailed process studies, within the revived context of space-time dynamics. Such a framework suggests a return to conceptual, qualitative methods
[b1] Dept. of Geography, University, Aberdeen, Royaume-Uni
The paper presents the results of a questionnaire filled in by Polish National Parks Authorities in autumn 2007. Answers were given by the Authorities of 18 parks. Questions concerned the following issues: management plans, fields of education
of Authorities’ staff, financial matters, responsibility for the Natura 2000 sites conservation, threats to natural values, organizational and legal obstacles encountered by the Authorities, cooperation with different social groups and volunteers. - (BJ)
Organizational complexity in the regional cultural economy
Artiste ; California ; Distribution spatiale ; Economie culturelle ; Economie régionale ; Emploi ; Emploi industriel ; Etats-Unis ; Industrie créative ; Los Angeles ; Organisation industrielle ; San Francisco ; Structure de l'entreprise
California ; Creative industry ; Cultural economy ; Employment ; Industrial employment ; Industrial organization ; Los Angeles ; Regional economy ; San Francisco ; Spatial distribution ; Structure of the firm ; United States of America
[b1] Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Etats-Unis
Canada ; Communication ; Enterprise ; Information ; Information flow ; Location ; Network ; Organization ; Spatial structure ; United States of America
department breaks down or reinforces vertical chains and levels of command spanning many locations within an organizational hierarchy. Reeingineering processes reinforce older hierarchical and spatial structures. They reproduce hierarchical human relations
This paper presents the organization and legal regulation of urban transport in Poland in the period 1945-1989. Its nature at the turn of the century is also presented, as are contemporary legal regulations and organizational solutions where
the functioning of urban transport is concerned. Introduced as a background to the changes are foreign experiences with liberalization (deregulation) of the carrier market, provides the results from empirical analysis of ownership transformation in Polish firms
operating in urban transport. By and large, the processes of transformation, although started earlier than in the case of Polish Road Transport enterprises, are much slower and less advanced as yet. - (BJ)
La formation des professeurs de géographie dans le nouveau système d'études et le processus de Bologne (dans des universités et des collèges sélectionnés en Pologne)
Education ; Enseignement de la géographie ; Enseignement supérieur ; Géographe ; Pologne ; Profession
This article presents an initial analysis of Polish geographers’ education process, particularly geography teachers’ education, during implementation of the Bologna Declaration guidelines. The most important elements in implementation
. Besides the suggested organizational and programming changes, crucial will be determination of the influence of these changes on developments of knowledge and professional competences, and preparation for teaching two subjects in order to achieve
Managing organizational and geographical complexity : the ‘positionality’ of advanced producer services in the globalizing economies of metropolitan regions
des liens transactionnels entre les villes de services et les villes décisionnaires. Ils concluent que les liens transactionnels sont complexes et que la géographie des services ne peut pas se résoudre à une simple proximité spatiale ou à des
Les AA. analysent les dimensions spatiales de la fourniture de services aux entreprises automobiles situées dans le port de Gand en Belgique. Ils étudient tout d’abord les différents types de services proposés et leur degré d’influence sur les
activités de management et de fonctionnement des entreprises. Ensuite, ils évaluent leur impact sur le processus de prise de décision et la distribution spatiale de la création de valeur. Ils terminent par décrire et expliquer les configurations spatiales
Organizational dynamics of the U.S. logistics industry : an economic geography perspective
Communication ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie économique ; Industrialisation ; Information ; Logistique ; Organisation industrielle ; Services aux entreprises ; Technologie
Communication ; Economic geography ; Industrial organization ; Industrialization ; Information ; Logistics ; Producer services ; Technology ; United States of America
branche qui joue un rôle central dans l'économie contemporaine. Quatre dimensions importantes sont identifiées : organisation, géographie, risque et sécurité.
Die industrielle Flächenplanung im technologisch-organisatorischen Prozess der Industrieentwicklung. (Industrial floorspace planning in the technological-organizational process of the industrial development)
New directions of hope: recent innovations interconnecting organizational, industrial, community and personal development. (John Madge Memorial lecture, November 3rd 1978)
Association volontaire ; Canada ; Etats-Unis ; Géographie humaine ; Projet ; Prospective ; Scotland ; Société
Bureaux ; Choix du site ; Commerce de détail ; Complexe agro-industriel ; Décision ; Economie régionale ; Entreprise ; Géographie humaine ; Géographie économique ; Information géographique ; Innovation ; Investissement étranger ; Localisation
Human geography
are discussed, taking into account corporate organisation and segmentation of regional economics. Some of the themes discussed are: Regional policy and corporate organizational forms (P. F. Dostal), Research methods and regional policy (E. Wever and S. Grit
), Corporate growth, foreign investment and locational choice (M. Schroder, M. de Smidt, W. Staring), Location decisions and spatial cognition (P. H. Pellenbarg and W. J. Meester)| the agribusiness Complex in its spatial context (J. Maas and G. Cardol
), and Office Employees: Missing Dimension in the Geography of Retailing (H. ter Hart). (AGD).
Etats-Unis ; Géographie de l'Amérique ; Géographie régionale ; Wyoming
Geography of America
A descriptive and predictive study of the historical, environmental, cultural, and organizationalgeography of Wyoming. Well endowed with natural resources, Wyoming includes landscapes of both the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. (DOH).
New insights into the internationalization of producer services : organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms
Economie spatiale ; Entreprise ; Expertise ; Internationalisation ; Marché mondial ; Organisation ; Service ; Services aux entreprises ; Stratégie d'acteurs
Decision making process ; Enterprise ; Expertise ; Internationalization ; Organization ; Producer services ; Service ; Spatial economy ; World market
L'exemple des entreprises de chasseurs de têtes doit permettre une meilleure compréhension de la nature complexe de l'internationalisation et des économies spatiales des services à la production dans l'économie mondiale. De nouveaux marchés