World cities under conditions of financialized globalization: Towards an augmented world city hypothesis

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 752-775

  Bassens, David ^a   van Meeteren, Michiel ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

advanced producer services; financial crisis; financialization; international financial centers; overaccumulation; world cities

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; PROFITABILITY; WORLD CITY;

EID: 84946406490     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132514558441     Document Type: Article

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