The Changing Economic Geography of Companies and Regions in Times of Risk, Uncertainty, and Crisis (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Neise, Thomas; Franz, Martin; Verfürth, Philip

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers conceptual and empirical insights from economic geography to explore how uncertainties, crises and risks, shape, reshape, and ultimately transform the spatial arrangements of companies and regions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040183564
• Artikelnr.: 72253262

Autorenporträt

Thomas Neise is an Interim Professor of Economic and Social Geography at the Heidelberg University in Germany. His research focuses on the adaptation and resilience strategies of companies to extreme weather events, climate change, and crises. Another research interest lies on risks in global production networks. He also studies the role of foreign direct investment for regional development in Southeast Asia. Philip Verfürth is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Geography, Osnabrück University. He has been a visiting scholar at Ankara University and the Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space in Erkner, Germany. His research interests include the spatial dynamics of globalization, with a focus on global production networks, the geographies of digital transformation, and the intersection of firm resilience and regional development. Martin Franz holds the Chair for Human Geography with an emphasis on Economic Geography at Osnabrück University. After studying geography in Bochum, Martin Franz worked at the Center for Interdisciplinary Ruhr Research (ZEFIR) in Bochum and the Departments of Geography at the Philipps-University of Marburg and the University of Bayreuth.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Changing Economic Geographies in Times of Risk, Uncertainty, and Crisis THOMAS NEISE, MARTIN FRANZ, AND PHILIP VERFÜRTH SECTION A Conceptual Discussions of Uncertainties, Risks, and Crises within Economic Geography 2 Contemporary Perspectives on Uncertainties, Risks, and Crises in Economic Geography PHILIP VERFÜRTH, THOMAS NEISE, PHILIP VÖLLERS, FELIX BÜCKEN, AND MARTIN FRANZ 3 Advancing Regional Economic Resilience Theorizing by Integrating Global Value Chain Resilience FRANK JICHA, ROBERT HASSINK, AND HAN CHU 4 Jenga Capitalism and the Cyber-Energy-Production Plexus: New Forms of Risk and Uncertainty That Are Reshaping Economic Geography JOHN R. BRYSON 5 Regional Economic Resilience, Uncertainty, and Fictional Expectations PIETER TERHORST AND HILAL ERKU
SECTION B Economic Transition and Resilience of Companies and Regions 6 Learning from the COVID-19 Crisis - How can Business Development and City Marketing Agencies Support the Restaurant and Bar Industry? MARTIN FRANZ, THOMAS NEISE, PHILIP VERFÜRTH, AND PHILIP VÖLLERS 7 Towards a Green Transformation Based on Eco-Innovations of Enterprises in Old Industrial Areas: The Case of Silesia Province MICHA
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KA SECTION C Uncertainties and Risks in the Global Economy 8 Risk Narratives and Reconfiguration of Global Production Networks - The Case of the German Medical Technology Industry THOMAS NEISE 9 Barriers and Risks in Digitalization and Industry 4.0 Process: Evidence from Carpet Industry in Gaziantep, Turkey NURI YAVAN, CEYDA KURTAR ANLI, AND MEHMET RAGIP KALELIO
LU 10 Risk Perception of Foreign Businesses in the Face of Local Contextual Conditions PIOTR PACHURA