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SPACE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Steven Brakman and Charles van Marrewijk
Introduction
One of the most remarkable aspects of the global economic system is the unequal distribution of population and economic activity across the earth. Millions of people are living close together in New York, Moscow, and Beijing. At the same time, there are large, virtually empty spaces available in the USA, Russia, and China. This unequal distribution of economic activity also has consequences for firm interaction in an International Business environment.
One of the major actors in the present era of globalization is no doubt the multinational firm (multinationals for short). These firms are probably the most mobile among all firms, with sufficient ‘international’ ...
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