Geography 3225Geography 3225

Industrial Location and Industrial Location and Globalization of EnterpriseGlobalization of Enterprise

Industrial Location and Globalization of Enterprise

Review Explore course web page Field trip

Pratt and Whitney, Black Velvet Distillers, Lethbridge Iron Works, & Medium-sized business

Modern Times Parse the Course Title Geo-Economy

Modern TimesModern Times

Modern Times is a 1936 Charlie Chaplin classic.

Final Examination Question (one of several):

Using terms, concepts and theories developed during the course, discuss the relevance (or irrelevance) of Modern Times to an understanding of contemporary trends in the industrial landscape.

Themes and Issues in Modern Times

1. "Time" and our synchronized age 2. Division of Labour 3. Assembly Line/Mass Production 4. Surveillance of the work place 5. Intensifying the use labour/speed-up 6. Occupational hazards/repetitive

stress injuries 7. Technological change

Industrial Latin: industria - diligent activity directed

to some purpose

Industry = manufacturing but "mining industry", "tourism industry"

Industry ≈ sector Industry ≠ plant or establishment Industrialization - measurable process

growth in mfg. labour force as percent of total growth in mfg. value added as percent of total

GDP (Σ VA)

Location (Key concept of Location (Key concept of geography)geography)

Location and Place Location Theory

neo-classical location theory-classical economics

assumptions, equilibrium, normative theories Industrial Location Theory

Behavioural approach - decision-making Political economy approach - radical

theory - structuralism, Marx

Globalization “increasing interconnectedness of different

parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political and cultural change” (Knox and Marston)

International trade/EU/Euro Global warming Cultural diffusion

Coca Cola Penetration of English Homogeneous landscapes/lifestyles/diets/popular

culture Processes reshaping the global economic map

Enterprise

a factor of production enterprise ≈ entrepreneurialism a firm, a social institution designed to

make profits Enterprise becomes globalized

Trade Licensing, strategic alliances, contracts FDI

Enabled by technological change and the State

International International Division of Division of

LabourLabour ‘‘Pre-global’ international division of Pre-global’ international division of

labourlabour CoreCore PeripheryPeriphery E.g. Verdant Works of DundeeE.g. Verdant Works of Dundee

Jute employed 50,000 at peak in DundeeJute employed 50,000 at peak in Dundee

New International Division of New International Division of LabourLabour

Fragmentation of manufacturing Fragmentation of manufacturing productionproduction

Newly industrialized countriesNewly industrialized countries New Economy = information New Economy = information

economyeconomy New global financial systemNew global financial system

GlobalizationGlobalization

DebateDebate HyperglobalistsHyperglobalists

OhmaeOhmae ScepticsSceptics

World economy was more open 1870-World economy was more open 1870-19141914

Trade flowsTrade flows MigrationMigration