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Advanced Producer Service Firms as Strategic Networks, Global Cities as Strategic Places
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Sassen's identification of global cities as “strategic places” is explored through world city network analysis. This involves searching out advanced producer service (APS) firms that constitute “strategic networks,” from whose activities strategic places can be defined. Twenty‐five out of 175 APS firms are found to be strategic, and from their office networks, 45 cities out of 526 are designated as strategic places. A measure of “strategicness” of cities is devised, and individual findings from this are discussed by drawing on existing literature about how APS firms use specific cities. A key finding shows that N ew Y ork and L ondon have different levels of strategicness, and this is related to the former's innovation prowess and the latter's role in global consumption of services. Other cases of strategicness discussed in terms of the balance between production and consumption of APSs are B eijing, H ong K ong, and S hanghai; P alo A lto; M exico City; J ohannesburg; and D ubai and F rankfurt.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Taylor, P. J., Derudder, B., Faulconbridge, J., Hoyler, M., & Ni, P.
- Affiliations
- Northumbria University (GB)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Loughborough University (GB)
- Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Taylor, Peter J.
- Derudder, Ben
- Faulconbridge, James
- Hoyler, Michael
- Ni, Pengfei
- Venue
- Economic Geography
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-12-11
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 267-291
- ISSN
- 0013-0095 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8287
- OpenAlex
- W1485994686
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 57
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 17 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 40.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Economic Geography (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Loughborough University Institutional Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Loughborough University Research Repository (Loughborough University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Agglomeration and Urban Systems
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Globalization, Economics, and Policies
- Keywords
- advanced producer services, global cities, strategic networks, office networks, innovation, New York, London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Palo Alto, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Dubai, Frankfurt am Main
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