Global Firms in the Industrializing East

Synopsis: Explores the changing organisation of multinational corporations and how, through their location decisions, these companies constantly reshape the divisions of labour that exist between countries. The example is East Asia, and the changing role of Singapore in the region and the activities of the 4000 multinationals to which it plays host. Focuses on SGS Thomson, an Italian/French microelectronics multinational, and the Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, to show how divisions of labour world-wide change in response to changing production technologies, skill requirements and the growth of new markets.
Series: Shape of the World, The: Explorations in Human Geography, Course D215
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 27 min.
Year of production: 1995
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Geography
Keywords: human geography; labour markets; multinational corporations

Producer

Jack Leathem

Cast

John Allen

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