Handbook

Economic Geography is invaluable in providing the operational context for strategic managers and those responsible for implementing business strategy. The constitution of urban settings can be better understood through an attention to economic processes and practices, from regimes of production to international divisions of labour, the changing demographics of the workforce, flows of finance, services and products and the institutions of governance that regulate business practices. Economic Geography offers to students studying the Masters of Business a way of understanding evident geographical variation in economic practices, at the global scale but also from the point of view of the diverse practices observed in different locations. An understanding of the geographic landscape via the theoretical frameworks and empirical studies of Economic Geography lends specificity to the study of business practice. The course complements Strategic Management (ZBUS 8101) and Organisational Behaviour (ZBUS 8102) as core units in the Master of Business, as well as such electives as Cross-Cultural Management (ZBUS 8318) and Economic Worldview (ZBUS 8148).