Economic globalization: the return of territory in the economic area

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The return of the territory is highlighted by some economists who highlight certain areas of the economic structure today (metropolitan cities). The major economic centers are organized around specific areas: the new spatialization of economic polarization is the ‘activities around major cities' (from the 80s). We realize that this new phenomenon is related to a new production system called ‘post-fordist', which has its own logic. It delivers up to date the concept of territory; the economy is not organized in the same way in a Fordist Economy as in a post-Fordist Economy. The globalizing economy is as illustrated by the activity of MNCs. The geographical area in the post-Fordist economy: relationship in the economic territory. The Fordist system and its territorial dimensions: Fordism is the rationalization of labor of the partialisation tasks (separation between design and execution). The system is partly a socioeconomic reference. Under this drive, several industrial areas are being reinforced: it is the emergence of big industrial complexes, which are a concentration of related sectors within the same region and using a portion of their respective productions. Businesses benefit from positive externalities as a vast pool of manpower. We realize that this process of spatial polarization is already taking place and we will try to explain this phenomenon in several stages.

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[...] Economic globalization: The return of territory in the economic area Economic Globalization: The return of territory in the economic area Table of Contents i. Abstract ii. The geographical area in the post-fordist economy: the relationship in the economic territory iii. The advent of post-Fordism in the context of globalization The concentration of productive activities The networking of production spaces vi. New production spaces: the territories of the economy of archipelagos vii. The areas of innovation: industrial districts, groups and local productive systems viii. [...]

[...] The term global city expanded to other cities such as New York, Tokyo and London when the idea of a network of world cities emerged. These cities are each their own regional network, which establishes a hierarchy. Chinese cities go as far as to develop strategies to become global cities. These cities' focus includes the power to command the economy. Large companies are in these cities with many positive externalities. The area of defense concentrates on Paris with 3600 companies and 1500 corporate centers. [...]

[...] Conclusion: The Regional solidarity in the economy of archipelago: Globalization leads to a polarization process. Governments encourage concentration. But many areas are increasingly excluded; this phenomenon threatens the territorial units. Poor regions exist merely as burdens on rich regions. The state continues to play a significant role: it was the state which promoted the development policies per pole. This comes particularly under the education sector which is increasingly important. Bibliography 1. NA (2007). "economic systems," The New Encyclopædia Britannica, v p NA (2007). [...]

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[...] The role of the government is very important to stimulate these areas. These powers may have the purpose to create a new industrial space. This is the case of groups created in 2004 in France. The Inter-ministerial Committee for Integration and Spatial Planning is responsible for these policies. The groups are based on the combination of three components: businesses, training centers, research units and three other factors: partnership, innovation and international visibility. The idea of these clusters is to create synergy between different actors already present in the territory and facilitating their action. [...]