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
Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The forty years of activity 1953-1993
in composition of the Council commissions, organizational structure and staff. Exposed are issues related to research themes and scientific achievments. A list of publications of the Institute is presented and development of Central Geographical Library
Coopération transnationale pour le développement spatial. Cinq programmes en route. Etudes comparées
to these areas and their characteristics, it reveals differences in spite of similar organizational structures which influence transnational cooperation, and gives the focus in project decisions and project implementation. - (IFL)
Managing organizational and geographical complexity : the ‘positionality’ of advanced producer services in the globalizing economies of metropolitan regions
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
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
Practising the diffusion of organizational routines
, in relation to a knowing in practice perspective. Within a relational approach, the authors propose taking a practice-based perspective to the diffusion of organizational routines, with (i) knowing, (ii) collaborations, and (iii) policy relevance being
Organizational and spatial determinants of the multi-unit firm : evidence from French industry
caractéristiques internes (les économies d’échelle, la recherche-développement et le niveau de qualification) dans le choix des dirigeants d’opter pour cette structure. Ils concluent par le rôle de la multi-localisation et l’impact du profil spatial des entreprises
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
The energy hot potato and governance of value chains : power, risk, and organizational adjustment in intermediate manufacturing firms
Les coûts de l'énergie deviennent une menace croissante pour la survie à long terme des entreprises en raison de leur nature volatile. La différenciation spatiale des prix de l'énergie dépend à la fois des marchés internationaux, des politiques
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
. Offices in three zones (urban core, ring or subcentres, residential areas) are analyzed for aspects of functional structure, such as industrial category, organizational position, type and orientation of activities, and labour profile. Face-to-face contacts
have been differentiated by degree of involvement of the organization as well as that of employees, functional and spatial contact-fields. The range of locational tolerance for offices on the urban level is broader than hypothesized, the influence
The aim of the paper is to examine the changing spatial pattern of manufacturing industry in the Aire Métropolitaine Marseillaise. The Fos Development Scheme has promoted a westward shift of the industrial centre of gravity, and the structure
and the organizational structure of the firm) are given special emphasis and the resultant patterns of manufacturing industry in the region are discussed.
This article seeks to reconstruct the organizational and ownership change that has affected rail-transport enterprises in Poland since 2000. It augments a first part (appearing in Przegląd Geograficzny 2010, 82:4 and dealing with organizational