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Title
World cities and global commodity chains: an introduction
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Abstract
The purpose of this special anniversary issue is to assess the possible cross-fertilization between two prominent analytical frameworks: the World City Network framework, in which researchers have studied the emergence of a globalized urban system for the provision of a host of advanced corporate services; and the Global Commodity Chain framework, in which researchers have scrutinized the interconnected functions, operations and transactions through which specific commodities are produced, distributed and consumed in a globalized economy. These two approaches have developed in parallel but have rarely been brought together. This introductory essay identifies the common roots and recent history of these two frameworks, and outlines how the six articles contribute to their theoretical and empirical cross-fertilization.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Global networks. - Place of publication unknown
Publication
Place of publication unknown : 2010
ISSN
1470-2266
DOI
10.1111/J.1471-0374.2010.00271.X
Volume/pages
10 :1 (2010) , p. 1-11
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UAntwerpen
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