2134/8734
Heidi Hanssens
Heidi
Hanssens
Ben Derudder
Ben
Derudder
Peter J. Taylor
Peter J.
Taylor
Michael Hoyler
Michael
Hoyler
Pengfei Ni
Pengfei
Ni
Jin Huang
Jin
Huang
Xiaolan Yang
Xiaolan
Yang
Frank Witlox
Frank
Witlox
The changing geography of globalized service provision, 2000–2008
Loughborough University
2011
World city network
GaWC
Producer services
Urban geography
Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified
2011-08-18 11:40:09
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_changing_geography_of_globalized_service_provision_2000_2008/9481790
This empirical paper maps changes in the global geography of advanced
producer service provision across major cities in the 2000-2008 period. The
analyses are based on a systematic assessment of geographical shifts in the
office networks of leading firms in finance, management consultancy,
accountancy, advertising and law, using measures of inter-city connectivity. It
has been previously shown that there has been a general shift of these
services from ‘West to East’. In this paper, variations in the degree and
pattern of this global shift among the different sectors are described and
interpreted. The results point to an inherent complexity in economic
globalization that is sometimes overlooked in general descriptions of the
meta-process.