| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 410 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Geostrategy of global business : Wal-Mart and its historical forbears / Peter J. Hugill -- Wal-Mart nation : mapping the reach of a retail colossus / Matthew A. Zook and Mark Graham -- Wal-Mart's world / Steve Burt and Leigh Sparks -- Discounting northern capital : financing the world's largest retailer from the periphery / William Graves -- Wal-Mart Supercenter market share of grocery retailing in U.S. metropolitan areas / J. Dennis Lord -- Wal-Mart-scapes in rural and small-town America / Holly R. Barcus -- Falling prices, happy faces : organizational culture at Wal-Mart / A. Jane Dunnett and Stephen J. Arnold -- Wal-Mart : the new retail colossus / Ellen J. Rosen -- Labor and the Wal-Mart effect / Jennifer Bair and Sam Bernstein -- Wal-Mart as a phenomenon in the legal world : matters of scale, scale matters / Lea S. VanderVelde -- Institutional semiotics of Wal-Mart flyers and signage in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and China / Stephen J. Arnold [and others] -- Cathedrals of consumption : a political phenomenology of Wal-Mart / Barney Warf and Thomas Chapman -- Visualizing Wal-Mart as home : Where the Heart Is and King of the Hill / Benjamin Smith -- Examining Wal-Mart's relationships with local communities through investigation of advertising / Alecia M. Brettschneider and Fred M. Shelley -- Wal-Mart and partisan politics : from agricultural volatility to red-state culture / Fred M. Shelley, Adrienne M. Proffer, and Lisa DeChano -- Wal-Martification of Teotihuacán : issues of resistance and cultural heritage / Margath A. Walker, David Walker, Yanga Villagómez Velázquez -- Global production and distribution : Wal-Mart's global logistics empire (with special reference to the China/southern California connection) / Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson -- ASDA : Wal-Mart in the United Kingdom / Steve Burt and Leigh Sparks -- Challenges facing Wal-Mart in the German market / Susan Christopherson -- Myth of Wal-Martization : retail globalization and local competition in Japan and Germany / Yuko Aoyama and Guido Schwarz -- Penetrating the Great Wall, conquering the Middle Kingdom : Wal-Mart in China / Shuguang Wang and Yongchang Zhang -- Consuming Wal-Mart : a case study in Shenzhen / Lucia Lo and Lu Wang, with Wei Lu -- Supermarkets and the (M)art of Ling Shou / Chris Webster -- Globalization of food retailing and the consequences of Wal-Martization in Mexico / James J. Biles -- Wal-Mart goes south : sizing up the chain's Mexican success story / Chris Tilly |
| Summary |
"Now that Wal-Mart has conquered the US, can it conquer the world? As 'Wal-Mart World' shows, the corporation is certainly trying. For a number of years, Wal-Mart has been the largest company in the United States. Now, though, it is the largest company in the world. Its global labor practices and outsourcing strategies represent for many what contemporary economic globalization is all about. But Wal-Mart is not standing still, and is opening up stores everywhere. From Germany to Beijing to Mexico City to Tokyo, more than a billion shoppers can now hunt for bargains at a Wal-Mart superstore. Wal-Mart World is the first book to look at this incredibly important phenomenon in global perspective, with chapters that range from its growth in the US and impact on labor relations here to its fortunes overseas. How Wal-Mart manages this transition in the near future will play a significant role in the determining the character of the global economy. Wal-Mart World's impressively broad scope makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in the global impact of this economic colossus."--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-397) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Wal-Mart (Firm) -- Management
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| SUBJECT |
Wal-Mart (Firm) fast |
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International business enterprises -- Management
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International economic relations.
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Globalization.
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globalism.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Retailing.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- Direct.
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TRAVEL -- Shopping.
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Globalization
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International business enterprises -- Management
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International economic relations
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Management
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Wal-Mart.
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Internationalisatie.
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Multinationella företag.
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Internationell ekonomi.
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Management.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brunn, Stanley D.
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| ISBN |
9780203943199 |
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0203943198 |
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9781135929084 |
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1135929084 |
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9781135929121 |
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1135929122 |
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9781135929138 |
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1135929130 |
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9786611081911 |
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6611081917 |
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0415951364 |
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9780415951364 |
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0415951372 |
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9780415951371 |
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