World-City Network: A New Metageography?

Approches multiplexes des systèmes de villes dans les réseaux d’entreprises multinationales

“…C'est une des raisons pour lesquelles le groupe GAWC (GLOBALIZATION AND WORLD CITIES) l'a choisie pour représenter les systèmes mondiaux de villes, tout en faisant valoir une seconde raison : l'approche ahiérarchique des groupes (BEAVERSTOCK et al, 2000 ;TAYLOR, 2001 ;DERRUDER, 2006). Cette vision du réseau de la firme est, parmi les quatre visions proposées, celle qui repose sur les hypothèses d'interactions les moins probables, mais aussi qui introduit (par construction) des biais importants dans les calculs par ville (NEAL, 2012).…”

Reproducing the City of London's Institutional Landscape: The Role of Education and the Learning of Situated Practices by Early Career Elites

“…The centrality of both financial and legal firms to the producer service complex economy of the City of London is well documented (Beaverstock et al, 2000;Sassen, 2012). Indeed, both finance and professional services were at the heart of the period of rapid finance led growth and innovation in the City during the 2000s (Engelen et al, 2010;Froud et al, 2006).…”

Knowledge Economy as an Initiator of Sustainable Urbanism in Emerging Metropolises: The Case of Doha, Qatar

“…Thus, for any new player to be successful in entering the global network it must invest in the establishment of infrastructure that will enable it to access foreign markets and international producers. To be a truly key hub within this global network however the emerging city must attract the business of international and transnational firms and ideally their headquarters in order to diversify its economy toward independence from heavy industries and the export of natural resources (Beaverstock, Smith and Taylor, 2000). This kind of innovative evolution in a city's economy is highly dependent on and is driven by the presence of a population equipped with the knowledge and ambition to create and sustain new and diverse sectors and services.…”