‘(The authors) research a contemporary complex of themes with admirable theoretical and empirical depth and make a valubale contribution to industrial geography.’ Erdkunde ‘Essential reading for social scientists concerned for how high-tech industry is leading our world towards ever-increasing globalization.’ Environment and Planning

• 1. Computing and communications in the UK and France: Innovation, regulation and spatial dynamics - an introduction 2. High technology and flexibility 3. Accumulation and organization in computing and communications industries: A regulationist approach 4. Globalization and its management in computing and communications 5. The regional patterns of computing and communications industries in the UK and France 6. The computer hardware industry in the 1980s: Technological change, competition and structural change 7. The telecommunications equipment industry: The great transformation 8. Services: The bridge between computing and communications 9. Global localization in computing and communications: Conclusions

‘(The authors) research a contemporary complex of themes with admirable theoretical and empirical depth and make a valubale contribution to industrial geography.’ Erdkunde ‘Essential reading for social scientists concerned for how high-tech industry is leading our world towards ever-increasing globalization.’ Environment and Planning

• 1. Computing and communications in the UK and France: Innovation, regulation and spatial dynamics - an introduction 2. High technology and flexibility 3. Accumulation and organization in computing and communications industries: A regulationist approach 4. Globalization and its management in computing and communications 5. The regional patterns of computing and communications industries in the UK and France 6. The computer hardware industry in the 1980s: Technological change, competition and structural change 7. The telecommunications equipment industry: The great transformation 8. Services: The bridge between computing and communications 9. Global localization in computing and communications: Conclusions