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The firm as a geoeconomic actor

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kean Fan LimORCiD

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Abstract

© The Author(s) 2024. Cutting-edge research on geoeconomics has under-explored one core constituent – the firm. Presenting two empirical ‘snapshots’ from different historical-geographical conjunctures, this essay spotlights the continuities that underpin firms’ function as geoeconomic actors. The first conjuncture is the expansion of British geoeconomic influence through the East India Company. The US government’s ongoing attempt to curtail attempts by China-based firms to develop high performance semiconductor chips comprises the second conjuncture. While each snapshot is distinct, the logics from the first conjuncture can be utilised for understanding how firms’ operating logics impact on state-driven geoeconomic strategies during the second conjuncture. These snapshots collectively demonstrate how the evolution of transnational economic integration has been underpinned by proactive firm attempts at expanding foreign operations. The effects of these attempts on states’ geoeconomic objectives will subsequently trigger positive or negative interventions by state actors. A new ‘critical geoeconomics’ agenda must therefore consider how firms constitute and/or constrain geoeconomic influence.

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Author(s): Lim KF

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Environment and Planning A

Year: 2025

Volume: 57

Issue: 1

Pages: 138-143

Print publication date: 01/02/2025

Online publication date: 23/07/2024

Acceptance date: 02/04/2018

Date deposited: 05/08/2024

ISSN (print): 0308-518X

ISSN (electronic): 1472-3409

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd

URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X241265289

DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241265289

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