Wal-Mart world : the world's biggest corporation in the global economy / Stanley D. Brunn, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunn, Stanley D., author.

Contributor:

Brunn, Stanley D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

International economic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (425 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.

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-M

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; Part I Wal-Mart and the World; 1 The Geostrategy of Global Business: Wal-Mart and Its Historical Forbears ; 2 Wal-Mart Nation: Mapping the Reach of a Retail Colossus ; 3 Wal-Mart's World; Part II Early Years and Store Location; 4 Discounting Northern Capital: Financing the World's Largest Retailer from the Periphery; 5 Wal-Mart Supercenter Market Share of Grocery Retailing in U.S. Metropolitan Areas; 6 Wal-Mart-scapes in Rural and Small-Town America; Part III Organizational Culture

7 Falling Prices, Happy Faces: Organizational Culture at Wal-Mart8 Wal-Mart: The New Retail Colossus; 9 Labor and the Wal-Mart Effect; 10 Wal-Mart as a Phenomenon in the Legal World: Matters of Scale, Scale Matters; Part IV Culture, Communities, and Conflicts; 11 The Institutional Semiotics of Wal-Mart Flyers and Signage in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and China; 12 Cathedrals of Consumption: A Political Phenomenology of Wal-Mart; 13 Visualizing Wal-Mart as Home: Where the Heart Is and King of the Hill

14 Examining Wal-Mart's Relationships with Local Communities through Investigation of Advertising15 Wal-Mart and Partisan Politics: From Agricultural Volatility to Red-State Culture; 16 The Wal-Martification of Teotihuacán: Issues of Resistance and Cultural Heritage; Part V Globalization; 17 Global Production and Distribution: Wal-Mart's Global Logistics Empire (with Special Reference to the China/Southern California Connection); 18 ASDA: Wal-Mart in the United Kingdom; 19 Challenges Facing Wal-Mart in the German Market

20 The Myth of Wal-Martization: Retail Globalization and Local Competition in Japan and Germany21 Penetrating the Great Wall, Conquering the Middle Kingdom: Wal-Mart in China; 22 Consuming Wal-Mart: A Case Study in Shenzhen; 23 Supermarkets and the (M)art of Ling Shou; 24 Globalization of Food Retailing and the Consequences of Wal-Martization in Mexico; 25 Wal-Mart Goes South: Sizing Up the Chain's Mexican Success Story; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-397) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611081911

0-203-94319-8

1-281-08191-4

1-135-92912-2

1-135-92913-0

OCLC:

905984281