Global city clusters: theorizing spatial and non-spatial proximity in inter-urban firm networks

Spatial agglomeration is well theorized within regional studies and economic geography, with firm- and industry-level advantages generally attributable to the strategic benefits derived from spatial proximity. Increasingly, alternative proximity types have been explored to explain firm relationships...

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Published in:Regional studies 2018-08, Vol.52 (8), p.1041-1052
Main Authors: Martinus, Kirsten, Sigler, Thomas J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aglomeraciones
analyse de réseaux sociaux (SNA)
análisis de las redes sociales
Cities
Cluster
Clustering
clusters
conectividad
connectivity
connectivité
Economic geography
Economics
geografía económica
Geography
Geopolitics
Global cities
groupements
géographie économique
Konnektivität
Network analysis
Nähe
proximidad
Proximity
proximité
redes de ciudades del mundo
Regional development
Regional studies
réseaux urbains mondiaux
Social network analysis
social network analysis (SNA)
Social organization
Sociocultural factors
soziale Netzwerkanalyse
Weltstadt-Netzwerke
Wirtschaftsgeografie
world city networks
经济地理学，连结性，邻近性，集群，世界城市网络，社会网络分析（SNA）
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Summary:Spatial agglomeration is well theorized within regional studies and economic geography, with firm- and industry-level advantages generally attributable to the strategic benefits derived from spatial proximity. Increasingly, alternative proximity types have been explored to explain firm relationships within and between industries. This paper applies a novel social network analysis (SNA) approach to analyze city clustering as a function of both spatial and non-spatial factors - namely, economic, sociocultural and geopolitical. Based on the internal reporting structures of Australia-based firms, it explores how 'global clusters' are more useful in understanding industry dynamics and processes than hierarchical lists of cities of cascading importance.
ISSN:0034-3404
1360-0591
DOI:10.1080/00343404.2017.1314457