The geographical space of big companiesDer tätigkeitsraum groβer gesellschaftenL'espace géographique des grandes sociétés |
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| Authors: | Jean Labasse |
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| Institution: | 1. Prof. Jean Labasse, Institut d''Études Politiques de l''Université de Paris, Lyon, France |
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| Abstract: | During its active life a large firm adopts several representations of the space with which it is in contact. The author is concerned with the recognition of the principal traits of these representations, based upon the results of questionnaires and interviews with representatives of a dozen French companies of international standing.Industrial space is signified by the distribution of productive forces, analysed and enumerated by classical geography. It has served as the basis of a systematisation aimed at the construction of a science of localisation. Nevertheless the factors compared are not of constant value.Commercial space which guides the sale-effort is structured by town centres and their level of attractiveness. Largely influenced by political geography it escapes complete domination because of the flux of commercial relationships.The thoughts of directors are exercised periodically at the level of world markets, monetary zones and tariffs, and the poles of decision that determine the march of events. In the last analysis strategic space thus perceived is financial space. |
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