As the world shrinks and globalization continues apace, efficient communications systems allow firms to operate easily over vast distances. These papers consider the strategic management of space and place from both an academic and practical point of view.

Strategic management of place - managing knowledge spillovers - the role of geographic proximity, D.B. Audretsch; Location and organizing strategy - exploring the influence of location on the organization of pharmaceutical research, J.L. Furman; from conception to birth - opportunity perception and resource mobilization in entrepreneurship, J.B. Sorensen, O. Sorenson; hits and misses - managers' (mis)categorization of competitors in the Manhattan hotel industry, J.A.C. Baum, T.K. Lant; strategic management of space: interorganizational learning and the location of manufacturing subsidiaries - is chain migration also a corporate behavior?, P.V. Bastos, H.R. Greve; location choices under agglomeration externalities and strategic interaction, F. Flyer, J.M. Shaver; geography and marketing strategy in consumer packaged goods, B.J. Bronnenberg, P. Albuquerque; organization, evolution and performance in neighborhood-based systems, A. Lomi et al; spatial diffusion of social organizing - modeling Trade Union growth in Sweden, 1890-1940, C.R. Edling, F. Liljeros; combined perspectives - the diffusion of TQM within a global bank, D. Strang; organizing for technological innovation in the US pharmaceutical industry, A.S. Chacar, M.B. Lieberman; law firm office location and firm survival in Silicon Valley, 1969 to 1998, J. Jaffee; the organizational advantage of nations - an ecological perspective on the evolution of the motorcycle industry in Belgium, Italy and Japan, 1898-1993, F.C. Wezel, A. Lomi.