Post‐Reunification Restructuring and Corporate R e‐bundling in the B itterfeld‐ W olfen Chemical Industry, E ast G ermany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11947733 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Bathelt (0000-0002-0938-1765, Department of Political Science and Department of Geography & Program in Planning University of Toronto Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street Toronto Ontario M5S 3G3 Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1456-1485 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-1317 • E-ISSN: 1468-2427 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01194.x |
| OpenAlex | W2111986983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 36 |
While earlier research has shown that regional restructuring after reunification has led to broad de‐industrialization processes in eastern G ermany's chemical industry, this article focuses on how re‐bundling processes at the corporate level have stimulated adjustments to the changing economic and political environment leading to a renewed regional development trajectory. The analysis is based on a conceptualization that assesses diachronic processes of rupture and re‐bundling by applying a bottom‐up perspective of how corporate adjustments and restructuring processes generate re‐bundling types that manifest themselves in broader regional re‐bundling scenarios. The empirical analysis focuses on a qualitative case study of B itterfeld‐ W olfen, the eastern region with the largest chemical industry. The research provides evidence that, although new firm formation has remained weak and acquisitions of chemical multinationals have generated structures only tenuously embedded in the regional economy, modernization and re‐bundling process have contributed to a renewed, smaller yet stable, regional chemical industry. The analysis further shows that the associated processes depended on the roles of individual industrial leaders in the region, who acted as network builders, mobilized joint action and stimulated the development of a collective regional spirit
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