Industrial Geography and Studies on Multinational Corporations

The belated entry of geographers into the field of analysis of international operations of large industrial organisations was initially marked by a stress on individual organisations and regional issues, gradually progressed towards combining structural issues with organisational researches. Interactive approaches and the incorporation of social theory were additions in the process. With the development of a political economy perspective, however, geographical research began to identify the underlying web of economic forces and social relations of the international industrial operations and hence could integrate industrial and development geography.