Geographically, the global economy is now multi-polar , as new centres of production have emerged in parts of what had been, historically, the periphery of the world economy. The world is now more accurately described as a 'mosaic of unevenness in a continual state of flux'.
Peter DickenIt remains to be seen, for example whether China can continue to develop as a market economy while still retaining an authoritarian communist political system.
Peter DickenMore broadly, strategic alliances are more difficult to manage and coordinate than single ventures; the potential for misunderstanding and disagreement, particularly between partners from different cultures, is great. Certainly many such alliances are short lived.
Peter DickenEvery production network has spatiality - the particular geographical configuration and extent of its component elements and the links between them.
Peter Dicken