Advanced Producer Service Firms as Strategic Networks, Global Cities as Strategic Places

Economic Geography

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-291

  Taylor, Peter J ^a   Derudder, Ben ^b,c   Faulconbridge, James ^d   Hoyler, Michael ^e   Ni, Pengfei ^f  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Advanced producer services; Global cities; London; New York; Strategic places; World city network

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; INNOVATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WORLD CITY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; DUBAI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ENGLAND; FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; FRANKFURT AM MAIN; GAUTENG; GERMANY; HESSE; HONG KONG; JOHANNESBURG; LONDON [ENGLAND]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PALO ALTO; SHANGHAI; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904319299     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecge.12040     Document Type: Article

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