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The Globalisation of Firms as a Social Evolutionary Process

The Globalisation of Firms as a Social Evolutionary Process

Thomas Borghoff
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466626522|ISBN10: 1466626526|EISBN13: 9781466626836
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2652-2.ch015
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Borghoff, Thomas. "The Globalisation of Firms as a Social Evolutionary Process." Business, Technology, and Knowledge Management in Asia: Trends and Innovations, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 194-210. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2652-2.ch015

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Borghoff, T. (2013). The Globalisation of Firms as a Social Evolutionary Process. In P. Ordóñez de Pablos (Ed.), Business, Technology, and Knowledge Management in Asia: Trends and Innovations (pp. 194-210). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2652-2.ch015

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Borghoff, Thomas. "The Globalisation of Firms as a Social Evolutionary Process." In Business, Technology, and Knowledge Management in Asia: Trends and Innovations, edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos, 194-210. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2652-2.ch015

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Abstract

From a social systems theory perspective, globalisation can be conceptualised as an evolutionary social process. By fusing systems theories, evolutionary theories, and organisation theories, globalisation becomes apparent as a historical social process, which encompasses the emergence and reproduction of social systems such as firms or other organisations within the wider process of the globalisation of society. The conceptualisation of firms as social systems also opens new perspectives on methodological issues such as how to study their globalisation process.

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