'Gateway cities' in economic globalisation: How banks are using Brazilian cities

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 515-534

  Rossi, Eliana C ^a   Taylor, Peter J ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazilian banking system; Brazilian cities; Gateway cities; Principal components analysis; World cities; World city network

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751333509     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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