Sectoral Differentiation and Network Structure Within Contemporary Worldwide Corporate Networks

Economic Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-308

  Wall, Ronald Sean ^a   van der Knaap, G A ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advanced producer services; Centrality; Heterarchy; Hierarchy; Multinationals; Networks; Structure; World cities

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA SET; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; REGIONALISM; URBAN ECONOMY; WORLD CITY;

EID: 79959332269     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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