"Chapters of high quality are those by Krumme on Volkswagen's plants in
North America, Steed on the clothing industry, Savey on PUK and Bloomfield
on world automotive spatial organization." [Thomas Leinbach (PG 1983)]
"Four chapters of particular promise for theory development are Gunter
Krumme's "Making it Abroad: The Evolution...", Guy Steed's "International
Location...", and essay each on Poland and Hungary. Krumme's article is a
delight. His time-geographical view of the corporation rings true to one
who has observed the workings of bureaucracies whether corporate,
governmental, or educational, and his thory of locational procrastination,
complete with an appropriate optimal procrastination graph, not only
enlightens but also brightens. His case study of the decision to locate a
Volkswagen plant in Pennsylvania was based on his interpretation of the
public evidence about the choice ..." [Robert B. McNee, GR 1983, p.361]
"Zwei Beitrage fallen durch ihre explicite Theorie-Bindung besonders auf:
Krumme definiert "Zeit" als Verzogerungsmoment im Entscheidungsprozess
uber Investitionen und kommt damit zu einer Verlaufsmuster-Analyse (VW).
Dieser heute in den Sozialwissenschaften oft vertretene Ansatz scheint vor
allem heuristischen Wert zu haben. Auch Rogerson....". [E.W.Schamp,
Geographische Zeitschrift 1983]
"We cannot but compliment Mr. Krumme on well researched and excellently
observed description of corporate decision processes in today's complex
political and business environment. In contrast to many otehr publications
it was indeed refreshing to read this article..." [Letter from VW
management to editor F.E.Ian Hamilton, dated Dec.21, 1979].
