World city networks 'from below': International mobility and inter-city relations in the global investment banking industry

Cities in Globalization: Practices, Policies and Theories

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 50-68

  Beaverstock, Jonathan V ^a,b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Globalization and World Cities study group and network ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84911154477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203962978     Document Type: Chapter

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