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Transnational corporations and spatial divisions of ‘service’ expertise as a competitive strategy: the example of 3M and Boeing

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  • John R. Bryson
  • Grete Rusten

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Production processes are becoming increasingly more complicated as firms develop corporate strategies that are designed to increase profitability or capture market share. The focus of this article is on manufacturing companies (3M and Boeing) and on understanding the social organisation of production and the ways in which firms manipulate spatial divisions of expertise (service inputs) as well as labour (manufacturing inputs). This distinction recognises that there are important differences between production and non-production tasks. The 3M case examines the firm's global labour market by exploring the geographies of its transnational or foreign service employees. The Boeing case examines the design and manufacture of the 787 and the development by Boeing of a new complex spatial division of expertise.

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  • John R. Bryson & Grete Rusten, 2008. "Transnational corporations and spatial divisions of ‘service’ expertise as a competitive strategy: the example of 3M and Boeing," The Service Industries Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3), pages 307-323, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:servic:v:28:y:2008:i:3:p:307-323
    DOI: 10.1080/02642060701856340
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    1. Arild Aspelund & Vitali Butsko, 2010. "Small And Middle‐Sized Enterprises' Offshoring Production: A Study Of Firm Decisions And Consequences," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(3), pages 262-275, July.
    2. Michael Taylor, 2010. "Clusters: A Mesmerising Mantra," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(3), pages 276-286, July.
    3. Patrik Ström & Evelina Wahlqvist, 2010. "Regional And Firm Competitiveness In The Service‐Based Economy: Combining Economic Geography And International Business Theory," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(3), pages 287-304, July.
    4. Grete Rusten & John R. Bryson, 2010. "Placing And Spacing Services: Towards A Balanced Economic Geography Of Firms, Clusters, Social Networks, Contracts And The Geographies Of Enterprise," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 101(3), pages 248-261, July.
    5. John R. Bryson, 2010. "Service Innovation and Manufacturing Innovation: Bundling and Blending Services and Products in Hybrid Production Systems to Produce Hybrid Products," Chapters, in: Faïz Gallouj & Faridah Djellal (ed.), The Handbook of Innovation and Services, chapter 28, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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