<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The article is devoted to the territorial organization of the manufacturing industry during its transformation from an industrial to a post-industrial phase of development - as one of the most urgent issues of economic geography at the turn of the 21st century. This period was characterized by the acceleration of human output beyond the industrial system and by the regrouping of its driving forces. Post-industrial development of developed countries in many respects determined the changes in the sectorial, institutional and spatial structures of the global industry. At the same time, industrialization acceleration occurred in developing countries, including at the expense of the “transfer” of productions in a number of industries from more developed countries. This article analyses the changes in the distribution of the manufacturing industry on a global and regional level.</p></abstract>

The article is devoted to the territorial organization of the manufacturing industry during its transformation from an industrial to a post-industrial phase of development - as one of the most urgent issues of economic geography at the turn of the 21st century. This period was characterized by the acceleration of human output beyond the industrial system and by the regrouping of its driving forces. Post-industrial development of developed countries in many respects determined the changes in the sectorial, institutional and spatial structures of the global industry. At the same time, industrialization acceleration occurred in developing countries, including at the expense of the “transfer” of productions in a number of industries from more developed countries. This article analyses the changes in the distribution of the manufacturing industry on a global and regional level.

World industry in post-industrial society: tendencies and regional shifts

Department of Regional Economics and Geography, Faculty of Economics, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Miscellanea Geographica

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The article is devoted to the territorial organization of the manufacturing industry during its transformation from an industrial to a post-industrial phase of...

World industry in post-industrial society: tendencies and regional shifts

Publié en ligne: 31 mars 2014

Pages: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10288-012-0044-z

Mots clés
R&D, innovation, world industry, manufacturing, spatial structure, regional shifts

© 2014 by Irina A . Rodionova

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

World industry in post-industrial society: tendencies and regional shifts

Publié en ligne: 31 mars 2014

Pages: 31 - 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10288-012-0044-z

Mots clésR&D, innovation, world industry, manufacturing, spatial structure, regional shifts

© 2014 by Irina A . Rodionova

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Mots clés
R&D, innovation, world industry, manufacturing, spatial structure, regional shifts