Ranking world cities: Multinational corporations and the global urban hierarchy

Urban Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-281

  Godfrey, Brian J ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

EID: 0033360834     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.20.3.268     Document Type: Article

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