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If there was a word beyond definitive, then that would be the word I would be using here′ - Professor Nigel Thrift, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol    `Global Shift shatters our easy slogans about globalization, corporations, and nations with bold new insights... Peter Dicken has created a powerful conceptual framework not to be missed by those who hope to grasp the logic of this emerging global order′ - William E Halal, School of Business and Public Management, George Washington University      `Dicken identifies both states and transnational corporations as the two key actors in the multiple processes of restructuring and institutionalization that we usually call the global economy. 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