Luchien Karsten

Globalization and Time

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The process of globalization has brought about countless changes in societies, communities, regions and economies across the globe. In going back to the real origins of the global economy, this unique book demonstrates that the process of globalization was accompanied by the mastering of 'social time', thereby producing a progressive increase in the speed of business transactions, both in manufacturing and in services.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 812g
• ISBN-13: 9780415683128
• ISBN-10: 0415683122
• Artikelnr.: 33260263

Autorenporträt

Luchien Karsten is Professor of International Business and Management at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, as well as visiting professor at many other institutions, including most recently, Newcastle Business School in the UK. His research interests focus on time and management, the transfer of management concepts and the history of changes in multinationals. He is a member of the editorial board of Personnel Review and the South East Asian Journal of Management

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Co-ordination of Time Part I: Terrestrial Globalization
1. Exploring the Globe 2. The Emergence of Temporalities 3. The Age of
Merchant Capitalism Part II: The Industrial Globalization 4. Time in
British Industry and Railway Transport 5. Time and Politics 6. Speed in
Transport and Industry 7. Time and Motion 8. Time and Emotion 9. The
Accelerated Transfer of People and Cargo Part III: Electronic Globalization
10. Information and Communication Revolution 11. The Japanese Miracle and
Just in Time 12. Flexitime 13. Time and Cultures 14. Epilogue