1996
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.1996.tb00343.x
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The Dirty Little Secret of World Cities Research: Data Problems in Comparative Analysis

Abstract: and S. Whimster (eds.) (1992) Global finance and urban living: a study of metropolitan change. Routledge, London. Cane, A. (1992) Information technology and competitive advantage: lessons from the developed countries. World Development 20.12, 1721-36. Camoy, M., M. Castells, S. Cohen and F.H. Cardoso (eds.) (1993) The new global economy in the information age: reflections on our changing world. The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA. Castells, M. (1994) European Cities, the informational … Show more

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“…Este descompasso entre a sofisticação conceitual e o fraco suporte empírico se deve, em grande medida, à falta de bases de dados relevantes com informações que descrevem o relacionamento entre as principais cidades do mundo (SHORT et al, 1996;DERUDDER;TAYLOR, 2005).…”
Section: As Principais Cidades Do Mundo E As Recentes Abordagens Empíunclassified
“…Este descompasso entre a sofisticação conceitual e o fraco suporte empírico se deve, em grande medida, à falta de bases de dados relevantes com informações que descrevem o relacionamento entre as principais cidades do mundo (SHORT et al, 1996;DERUDDER;TAYLOR, 2005).…”
Section: As Principais Cidades Do Mundo E As Recentes Abordagens Empíunclassified
“…The high requirement for data leads to a gap between the intensive theoretical debates and the empirical findings. This gap has been characterised as the "dirty little secret of global city research" (Short et al, 1996). To overcome this shortcoming, Peter Taylor and the "GaWC Group" (Globalization and World Cities Research Network) developed a relational database, consisting of a network of service firms surveyed in the years 2000 and 2008, of 100 (and later 175) firms located in 315 (and later 525) cities (Derudder et al, 2010).…”
Section: Some Empirical Facts On European Global Citiesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…the number of headquarters or passenger numbers on international business flights -were used to indicate the global relevance of cities in question. 21 20 Short et al (1996). 21 See Keeling (1995) for flight statistics; Meyer (1986) and Goudfrey/Zhou (1999) for the number of headquarters.…”
Section: Empirical Implications: How Can the Global City Be Analyzed?mentioning
confidence: 99%