Control over labor's work, skills, and reproduction in order to contain wages (costs) and increase profits.
Following Marx, a chief factor in the corporation's capitalist form.
Control over the organization of work (e.g., assembly line, bureaucracy) and chain of production in order to centralize coordination and increase efficiency.
Following Weber, a chief factor in the corporation's bureaucratic form.
Reliance upon place-specific relations of production: proximity to workers, raw materials, other firms, consumer markets; large investments in machinery, factories; etc.
Following geography, a chief factor in the corporation's geographical location.