Global city clusters: theorizing spatial and non-spatial proximity in inter-urban firm networks
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Kirsten Martinusa* http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-7310 & Thomas J. Siglerb http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9727-7310a Centre of Regional Development, School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.b School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, [email protected] ABSTRACTSpatial 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.
Source: Regional Studies
Authors: Kirsten Martinus, Thomas J. Sigler
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Australian Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W2612185366