Doctoral Dissertation Research in Geography & Regional Science

这一博士论文奖将使地理学研究生Erik Swyngedouw能够在欧洲经济共同体(EEC)开展与他研究欧洲电信业技术变革和创新相关的实地工作。他的项目将结合对统计数据的分析和对欧洲经济共同体电信公司高管的采访。候选人的研究将特别侧重于电信业在“Filieres”中的作用，即根据当地和地区在国际经济需求方面的比较优势而创建的灵活的地区生产综合体。了解跨国公司(特别是电信公司)如何以及为什么参与和塑造Fileer，将扩大我们对区域增长和发展以及区域生产综合体与国际经济结构关系的基本理解。电信业是一个案例研究，将被用来测试一个新的理论框架的有效性，该框架将互补公司之间的行业间联系与每个参与公司在国际市场上竞争所使用的区域和全球战略联系起来。

This doctoral dissertation award will enable geography graduate student Erik Swyngedouw to conduct field work in the European Economic Community (EEC) in connection with his study of technological change and innovation in the European telecommunications industry. His project will combine analyses of statistical data with interviews with executives of EEC telecommunications firms. The candidate's research will focus especially on the role of the telecommunications industries in "filieres:" flexible territorial production complexes that are created in response to local and regional comparative advantages with respect to the demands of the international economy. Learning how and why multinational firms (particularly telecommunications companies) participate in and shape filieres will enlarge our basic understanding of regional growth and development and the relationships of regional production complexes to international economic structures. The telecommunications industry is a case study that will be used to test the validity of a new theoretical framework which ties interindustry linkages among complementary firms to the regional and global strategies each of the participating firms uses to compete in the international marketplace.