Network or hierarchical relations? A plea for redirecting attention to the control functions of global cities

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 398-411

  Parnreiter, Christof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic governance; Global cities; Global commodity chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908222069     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12095     Document Type: Article

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