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Cities as networks within networks of cities: the evolution of the city/firm-duality in the world city network, 2000-2010

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posted on 2014-12-18, 11:42 authored by Xingjian Liu, Ben Derudder, Frank Witlox, Michael HoylerMichael Hoyler
We explore the temporal evolution of cities and firms (i.e. both modes) in a two-mode intercity corporate network formed by 50 leading advanced producer service firms across 154 cities for the years 2000 and 2010. Drawing upon one-mode network projection and three network centralities, we assess the shifting positions of individual cities and firms in the one-mode intercity and interfirm networks. Major findings include: (1) the intercity network is more stable and hierarchical than the interfirm network; (2) brokerage functions, as captured by betweenness centrality, remain highly uneven for both cities and firms. For example, New York and London’s distinct positions as the world’s leading producer service centres remain intact; and (3) regional and sectoral tendencies are evident in terms of growth rates of centralities.

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School

  • Social Sciences

Department

  • Geography and Environment

Published in

TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE EN SOCIALE GEOGRAFIE

Volume

105

Issue

4

Pages

465 - 482 (18)

Citation

LIU, X ... et al, 2014. Cities as networks within networks of cities: the evolution of the city/firm-duality in the world city network, 2000-2010. Tijdschrift Voor Econimische en Sociale Geografie, 105 (4), pp.465-482.

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Wiley-Blackwell (© Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG)

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2014

Notes

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: LIU, X ... et al, 2014. Cities as networks within networks of cities: the evolution of the city/firm-duality in the world city network, 2000-2010. Tijdschrift Voor Econimische en Sociale Geografie, 105 (4), pp.465-482., which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12097. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

ISSN

0040-747X

Language

  • en