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From Global Concentration to Competitive Strategy

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Internationalization

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Abstract

Many writers argue for, imply or sometimes merely assume, a process of almost relentless global concentration driven by scale economies and ‘shrinking’ geography (Marx, 1919; Hout et al, 1982; Ohmae, 1985, 1990, 2001; Bryan et al., 1999). It is popular (if technically dubious, Kay, 2001a) to cite the statistic that of the world’s 100 largest ‘economies’, 51 are now corporations and only 49 nation states (Hertz, 2001). However, the issue has long been highly controversial and has become intertwined with the complex debate surrounding globalization (Hirst and Thompson, 1996; Held and McGrew, 2000).

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. International Business Unit, University of Strathclyde, UK

    Colin Wheeler (Senior Lecturer) (Senior Lecturer)

  2. International Business Unit, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK

    Frank McDonald (Principal Lecturer and Head) (Principal Lecturer and Head)

  3. Department of International Business, University of Central Lancashire, UK

    Irene Greaves (Senior Lecturer in International Business) (Senior Lecturer in International Business)

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Carr, C. (2003). From Global Concentration to Competitive Strategy. In: Wheeler, C., McDonald, F., Greaves, I. (eds) Internationalization. The Academy of International Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230514638_6

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