Evolution Of Business & Commercial Geography

Syllabus

(BB 11)

 Evolution of Business & Commercial Geography

Unit I

Evolution of Business & Economy: Industrial Revolution (1820-1850); Rise of European Business (1850-1900); Impact of First World War on International Business; The Great Depression and its Effect on International Business; Impact of Second World War on International Business.

Unit II

Evolution of Business in post WWII Scenario: Cold War and its Impact on International Business; OPEC Crises and its impact on International Business; Gulf War and its impact on International Business; Dawn of IT era and its Impact on Business & Economy.

Unit III

Commercial Geography: Geography - Meaning & its Relation with Commerce & Commercial Geography - Nature and Scope. Approaches of Commercial Geography. Geographical Environment & Commerce - Relationship between Geographical Environment and Commerce, Economic Activities, Determinism and possibilism, Physical Environment - Location, Size and Shape of the Country Relief, Climate, Water Bodies, Soils, Vegetation, Animals, Minerals, Cultural Environment, Settlements, Transport, Communication and Technology.

Unit IV

Industries : Role of Industries in Economic Development; Factors of Industrial Location - Raw Material, Power, Market, Transport and Communication, Land Capital, Technology; Webers Theory of Industrial Location, Iron & Steel Industry - India & USA, Cotton Textile Industry - India & USA. Engineering Industry in India - Major Industrial Regions of the World and India