Die Theorie strategischer Gruppen geht davon aus, dass sich strategische Gruppen bilden, wenn neue Ressourcen infolge sozialen Wandels verfügbar werden. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie weit Globalisierungsprozesse neue Aneignungschancen schaffen, die zur Bildung globaler strategischer...

With globalisation and knowledge-based production, firms may cooperate on a global scale, outsource parts of their administrative or productive units and negate location altogether. The extremely low transaction costs of data, information and knowledge seem to invalidate the theory of...

Whereas many institutions are in place to govern urban and rural land, maritime areas are less well covered. This situation of a "governance void" has led to uncertainty and conflicts. Thus the South China Sea has become a contested maritime space. In this paper the cultural theory of Oswald...

World history has known areas of relative isolation and areas of high intensity of cultural interaction. The Mediterranean Sea, the Silk Road or the Straits of Malacca can be cited as such crucial contact zones. Within these areas, centers sprung up that served as interfaces between cultures and...

This paper analyses how various actors have used potent urban symbols to assert their vision of a modern, globalized Malay identity in the construction of the recently founded knowledge city of Cyberjaya, part of the flagship Multimedia Super Corridor project. As the state controls both the land...

With the dwindling of natural resources, like oil and gas, even resource-rich countries like Brunei Darussalam and Malaysia have to re-adjust their development strategies. Governing knowledge for development (K4D) is seen as a way out of the dilemma of reduced revenues from natural resources....

The theory of strategic groups assumes that strategic groups are built when new resources become available as a result of social change. This paper examines the extent to which the process of globalization creates new chances for the acquisition of resources, which also leads to the creation of...

The objective of this paper is to examine whether the 'Strategic Group concept' is useful in understanding the evolution and rapid development of Singapore's biotechnology industries. We briefly describe the history of this new knowledge-intensive industry in Singapore, why and how it was...