Geog 450 - Class Messages
1995
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Greetings:
For those who missed Friday's meeting: Williamson's paper will
still be relevant on Monday (although we discussed the major points).
I may call on you to suggest the relevance (or lack of relevance) of
Williamson's transaction cost view for your project context: Why don't we
hear about a merger of the Mariners with King County? Or of Microsoft and
the Catholic Church (did we not hear that suggestion recently?)
Of the readings for this last part, Dicken and Thrift's paper is
excellent as an overview of what could be covered during a continued quarter
with good links to what we have done already and to the more recent
political economy literature. Simon's paper (Organization and Markets)
links the Simon (bounded rationality etc.) school to transaction costs
perspectives. Stafford and Watts (two "corporate geographers") help us
put the locational perspectives into a regional development context:
What are the differentiated repercussions of organizational structures
and behaviors when it comes to selective plant closures...?
Finally, Gertler's paper has become a classic evaluation of the flexible
specialization discussion... suggesting a more cautious approach and a
reevaluation of the "overly flexible" stand of the previous political
economy literature.
Our agenda for the last week will include an organization- theoretical
overview on Monday, followed by a variety of perspectives which link
geography and organizations, either more from the point of view of spatial
structure and the spatial distribution of corporate functions, or from
the a more macro, regional economic development perspective.
G.K.
On Tue, 31 Oct 1995, xyz wrote:
> I have a few brief questions. You mentioned locational demand analysis
> and geography or retailing in your last e-mail to me. I have tried to
> look up some literature on these topics and have had no luck. Do you
> know of some keywords which may be helpful. I have some literature that
> deals with Christaller and Lösch which may deal with these, but I don't
> think so.
>
> Also, do we need to worry about all these different equations that we are
> encountering in the readings or can we just take them for what they are.
> That is, difficult explanations of graphs?
>
> Finally, do you want the two projects to be seperate, or do you want them
> to be one paper with two different parts almost like small chapters? If
> so, do you want them to refer to each other?
> Thanks,
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 15:41:57 -0800 (PST)
From: Gunter Krumme
To: Geography 450
Subject: Reading and Agenda for Last Week
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 21:05:47 -0800 (PST)
To: Geog450
Subject: Re: projects
I hope that during my monologues yesterday, I did not unduely question
your logic or deductive skills. I admit that I used your topics to make
some general points and to (re-) expand what you had reduced and
simplified already. However, I felt that it was the right time before you
write up your projects to remind you of your own assumptions and the
possible need to justify them (and discuss their significance).
At the same time, I want you to (re-) evaluate your approach
in light of the more recent readings and discussions. The main purpose of
the project was and is to provide you with a vantage point, an area to
apply all of the theoretical thought to, regardless whether you actually
covered this in the written part of your project or not. Please keep this
in mind for your Finals preparations where you will likely be asked again
to evaluate concepts from the readings as to their explanatory usefulness
in the general context of your project.
G.K.
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:34:24 -0800 (PST)
To: Geography450
Subject: Geog450/ Week 7: Class and Project!
Greetings!
(1) The more detailed outline of week 7 perspectives can
found under http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/450/marketareas.html
or you can click your way there via the week7 agenda (as usual).
(2) The readings for weeks 8-11 are online under
http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/450/rdgs8910.html.
The package itself will be available on Wednesday, at the latest. I'll
send you details by e-mail.
(3) Projects: By Wednesday (Nov.8), I would like to receive a draft
of the detailed outline for both of your projects (or, if by e-mail or
home-page: Thursday, Nov.9). I need more in writing from you to be able to
respond to it, in time for your "end-run". I have NOT received enough from
most of you to make me feel comfortable that all of your projects will at
least be of 3.0 quality at the end of the quarter.
A week later, i.e. Friday, November 17, I would like to have a
draft of the "core component of your theoretical statement", i.e. the "gist"
of your project (in a truely concise form, not more than 2 pages, no
fluff). I expect that some of you want to talk to me in person about your
project. Please make an appointment or see me during Office Hours. If you
feel that you are progressing well on a different schedule, renegotiate as
to what you want to hand in (by those dates) to show your progress.
4) Tomorrow, Monday: We will probably spend most of the time on
the implications of Alonso's chapter 4 (required reading). Thus, please
have it read and have your questions ready!
5) In response to a question I was asked by one of you:
Mathematical formulations (non-linear equations) have to be understood
only in qualitative terms, i.e. inasmuch as they are explained verbally in
the reading or in class. For example, you should understand the reasons
why an isoquant is convex to the origin (and the implications), or what
the general locational implications of non-linear transport cost functions
might be.
I expect you to be able to handle linear equations (a la von Thunen) if
if they have been presented in class. G.K.
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 22:36:26 -0800 (PST)
From: Gunter Krumme
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 12:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
To: Geography450 --
Subject: Geog450/ week6
Apart from the readings
(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/450/rdgs567.html),
there are two documents which are important for week 6:
(a) the weekly agenda
(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/450/week6.html)
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 20:31:55 -0700 (PDT)
To: Geography450 --
Subject: Geog.450 Meet our Librarian! Re: Office and Office Hours (fwd)
Here is the promised message from our Librarian Anne Zald. As you are
getting closer to the bull's eye of your project or making an effort to
hit a home-run... do not hesitate to pay her a visit! Impress her with
your library-, UWIN- and Internet knowledge and impress me with actually
finding her office and asking her a question which I was not able to answer!
G.K.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:01:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Anne Zald
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:35:16 -0700 (PDT)
To: Geography450 --
Subject: Printing
Hi! I think I have solved at least part of the printing problem we talked
about today: Steps: When you are in Lynx, "S"(save) to a "local file"
which you have to give a name (you may be able to use the exiting name)
such as week3. Now you have saved this file in your the UNIX directory
associated with your Homer account. Now you can send the file to a
printer, such as the "wharton" printer in CSSCR (Savery basement). Go back
to your homer prompt and type:
prt -queue wharton week3
Walk over to Savery, basement, Rm 145(?) and pick up your print-out
either from the handler of the wharton printer or from the mailbox if it has
been sorted already! The print-out has excellent quality and it is free!
(Now, what I do not know yet is which computers are connected to this
service; it worked from my office, it must work from CSSCR itself, .. let's
try some others).
Gunter Krumme, Tel.(206)543-9089; Fax: 543-3313;
krumme@u.washington.edu; http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 07:17:59 -0700 (PDT)
To: Geography450 --
Subject: First 450 Message
Hello! Finally: Welcome to Geog.450. It took me a while to get this list
together.
I provided quite a bit of information on the Week-2 agenda which
I passed out yesterday; thus, this message will remain relatively short.
First of all, I want to urge you to tell me or see me if and whenever
you have either substantive or electronic problems. Thus, if you have any
difficulties to get into our pages... let me know. But even if you know,
there are all kinds of ways to make it easier and faster... Thus, let me
help... The same applies to substantive and theoretical problems
concerning the content of 450... Let's communicate throughout... and not(!)
just in class. I am reading my e-mail day and night...
I have received a few questions over the weekend and will send you
those and my responses. Otherwise, see you in class tomorrow:
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Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 13:34:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Gunter Krumme
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