Transnational corporations and spatial divisions of 'service' expertise as a competitive strategy: The example of 3M and Boeing

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 307-323

  Bryson, John R ^a   Rusten, Grete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

3M; Boeing; Division of labour; Expertise; Global cities; Global networks; Services

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 41949138973     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701856340     Document Type: Article

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