scholarly journals Bridging Theory on Global Corporate Hierarchy and City Diplomacy: The Case of China

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150011
Author(s):  
YU Hongyuan ◽  
Benjamin LEFFEL ◽  
LI Qianyuan ◽  
Craig SIMON
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
World City ◽  
Collective Effect ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
External Relations ◽  
Corporate Hierarchy ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

This study tests the relationship between the hierarchical position of cities in the global economy and a typology of cultural, economic, political, and social external relations, namely city diplomacy. We conduct this test on a sample of 46 Chinese cities, seeking to bridge otherwise separate existing theories on the structure of the world city hierarchy and varied dimensions of city diplomacy. Contrary to expectations, we find that the aggregate of the typology of city diplomacy, rather than only the economic dimension, is most closely associated with position in the world city hierarchy. This tentatively suggests that the collective effect of internationally-oriented cultural, economic, political and social activities in Chinese cities reflect the global structure of the highest levels of globalized urban wealth.

Changing Connectivities of Chinese Cities in the World City Network, 2010–2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Derudder ◽  
Zhan Cao ◽  
Xingjian Liu ◽  
Wei Shen ◽  
Liang Dai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World City ◽  
Chinese Cities ◽  
World City Network ◽  
The World ◽  
City Network

Perceptions of Factors Influencing Knowledge-based Technology Management in Conflict Areas

2010 ◽  
pp. 294-307
Author(s):  
Ian Hipkin
Keyword(s):  
Technology Management ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Technological Base ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship

A challenge for developing countries is to enter the global economy. This is impeded by weak infrastructure, poor educational and other formidable barriers as these countries embark on essential projects to improve living standards and ultimately create some sort of technological base. This chapter describes perceptions of knowledge-based technology management in Afghanistan, one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Afghanistan’s politics and history have always confronted managers with unique demands. The chapter examines the perceptions of Afghan managers regarding technology management by studying the relationship between the importance of different factors in managing new technology, and the extent to which a manager can control them. An importance-control grid framework is used to isolate individual parameters and to assess these in relation to a manager’s environment. The research highlights imbalances between importance and control, and suggests reasons therefore. Some broader implications for managers are also discussed.

The Past and the Present of Düyun-u Umumiye

2021 ◽  
pp. 628-645
Author(s):  
Başak Ergüder
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Public Debt ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
The World ◽  
Capitalist State ◽  
The Common ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
The Relationship

In this study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between the capitalist state and, institutions that affected Turkey's financial integration with the capitalist global economy in the context of a comparative analysis. In the study, the Ottoman Public Debt Administration (OPDA) which was effective during the process of the integration of the Ottoman state into the world capitalism in the First Globalization Phase (1870-1914) is analyzed by comparison with the General Directorate of Borrowing. The General Directorate of Borrowing is also called as the post-modern Düyun-u Umumiye because of its organizational structure. The common feature of the Ottoman Public Debt Administration and the General Directorate of Borrowing is that both were established after the financial crises. In this study, General Directorate of Borrowing will be evaluated in terms of global economic developments and prospects and, within an analysis in comparison with the Ottoman Public Debt Administration.

scholarly journals The Secrets and Future of Global Cities A Book Review and Reflections on “Global City Makers”, Economic Actors and Practices in the World City Network – by Michael Hoyler, Christof Parnreiter and Allan Watson, Elgar 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Mohamed Buheji ◽  
Dunya Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Global City ◽  
World City ◽  
Global Cities ◽  
World City Network ◽  
The World ◽  
City Network ◽  
Relational Economic Geography

The rapid increase of global cities in the 1990s would count now to reach more than 100 cities. Many of these global cities are trying to influence the global economy by differentiated or similar advanced instruments. The capacities and the details of these instruments have not been scientifically investigated in detail, despite the delicate role of the global cities makers and their capacity to influence the socio-economies as powerful economic actors. These intermediary economic actors are very influential in the making and un-making global cities. The “Global City Makers” economic actors and practices in the world city network by Hoyler et. al. (2018) is been reviewed from this perspective mainly. As this book help to identify the influence of certain economic planning on the socio-economic fate of millions of peoples today. Engaging critically and constructively with global urban studies from a relational economic geography perspective, the book outlines a renewed agenda for global cities research.

Economic Globalisation and the Structure of the World City System: The Case of Airline Passenger Data

Urban Studies ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1925-1947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Mahutga ◽  
Xiulian Ma ◽  
David A. Smith ◽  
Michael Timberlake
Keyword(s):  
World System ◽  
System Structure ◽  
World City ◽  
Urban Hierarchy ◽  
The World ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
Passenger Flows ◽  
City System ◽  
Distribution Of Power ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reports results from an analysis of the relationship between the structure of the city-to-city network of global airline passenger flows and the interstate world system. While many scholars suggest that the broader parameters of the world system structure the urban hierarchy embedded within or articulated to it, others argue that the urban hierarchy is decoupling from the world system. The analyses show that there has been some modest convergence in the distribution of power in the world city system. Moreover, they suggest that the mechanism for this convergence is the upward mobility of cities located in the semi-periphery and the east Asian region. The paper closes by considering the implication of these findings for a larger understanding of the relationship between globalisation, the structure of the world city system and its articulation with the world system.

scholarly journals The Impacts of COVID-19 Crisis upon the Consumer Behaviours in Mueang Khon Kaen District, Thailand

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kittithad Chaiongart ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Food Delivery ◽  
General Information ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Khon Kaen ◽  
Delivery Services ◽  
Severe Recession ◽  
The Relationship

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is widely spread across the world. The COVID-19 lockdown policy has forced dine-in restaurants and cafes to close. Consequently, there is a plunge in the global economy into severe recession due to less economic activities. On the other hand, the demand for online food delivery services has increased during this period. As a result, the changes in consumer behaviours during the COVID-19 crisis are taken into consideration. Are the COVID-19 crisis and the changes in consumer behaviours related? Due to the new model of consumption, our study aims to observe and discern the relationship between COVID-19 crisis and changes in consumer behaviours. Data were collected by a questionnaire asking about participants’ general information, the impacts of COVID-19 on other relevant aspects, and the changes in consumer behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Survey samples, including the population in Mueang Khon Kaen District, Thailand, were randomly selected through a random sampling method with a total of 634 respondents (241 males, 380 females, and 13 others). Our results revealed that the respondents have been highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and their consumer behaviours have been changed significantly compared to the pre-pandemic period. Additionally, statistical analyses showed that there is a significant correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and the changes in consumer behaviours. This study could serve as a guideline of further studies about the COVID-19 pandemic and consumer behaviours, which can be appropriately adopted in the era for the new normal.

scholarly journals Interrelation of Real Currency Rate and Economic Position of the World Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 1861-1868
Author(s):  
Averin Gennadiy Viktorovich ◽  
Zviagintseva Anna Viktorovna ◽  
Pozdnyayev Andrey Sergeevich ◽  
Shvetsova Angela Alexandrovna
Keyword(s):  
Global Economy ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Multidimensional Data ◽  
The Real ◽  
National Currencies ◽  
Urgent Task ◽  
The World ◽  
Real Value ◽  
The Relationship

Evaluation of real exchange rate of countries is an urgent task, as it is a key macroeconomic indicator characterizing the competitiveness of national goods in the world markets. An analysis of the relationship between the value of currencies and the position of the world countries in the field of economics and energy was carried out using an event valuation, which is one of the methods for the intellectual analysis of multidimensional data. A distinctive feature of this approach is the study of the relationship between the probabilities of simple and joint events of observing the values of statistical indicators of socio-economic objects. At the same time, the average statistical development trends of the studied sectors of the world economy are taken into account. In the process of research it was established that at present there are vast groups of countries for which the real value of national currencies is both overestimated and underestimated against the background of the contribution of these countries to the global economy. There is a tendency when, for many economically developed countries, the value of national currencies is overestimated. An example of a comprehensive assessment of Russia’s position in the field of economics and energy shows the process of assessing the real value of the ruble. The event estimation method can be used in the analysis of the features and patterns of development processes both in the countries of the world and in other socio-economic objects, for example, regions, cities or enterprises.

scholarly journals External Relations of German Cities Through Intra-firm Networks—A Global Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hoyler
Keyword(s):  
Global Perspective ◽  
World City ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Service Firms ◽  
National Network ◽  
External Relations ◽  
World City Network ◽  
The World ◽  
City Network ◽  
German Cities

Abstract This paper adopts a global perspective to investigate external relations of German cities, both transnationally and on the national scale. At the centre of the analysis are the locational strategies of major advanced producer service firms that link the cities in which they operate through a multitude of flows. Using an interlocking network model and data on the organizational structure of leading business service firms, the paper measures and interprets the extent to which German cities were integrated in the world city network in 2008. The global positions and national network patterns of 14 major German cities are explored, as well as the sectoral strengths and geographical orientations of their external relations. The paper concludes with an assessment of the trajectory of German cities in the world city network between the turn of the twenty-first century and the onset of the current financial crisis. The analysis reveals a geography of advanced producer services that is polycentric in character but does not map directly onto the distribution of other metropolitan functions. In a longitudinal perspective, German cities experienced an absolute and relative decline in global network connectivity between 2000 and 2008, which raises questions about the changing strategic importance of German cities in the world city network.

scholarly journals Toronto: Planning for Diversity, Inclusion and Urban Resilience

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhixi Zhuang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Urban Resilience ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Global Migration ◽  
Immigrant Settlement ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Relationship

Recent waves of global migration have led to profound social, cultural, economic, political, physical, and environmental effects in metropolitan regions of major immigrant settlement. As noted in the World Migration Report, more scholars are exploring the relationship between migrants and cities.1 Cities play an important role in the processes of immigrant settlement and integration. Not only do they serve as reception areas for newcomers to live, work, learn, play, and socialize like other city inhabitants; they are also important places for building diverse, inclusive, resilient, and equitable communities in the long term. It has become imperative for municipalities to understand the dynamics and complexity of the global migration phenomenon and tackle the challenges and opportunities it presents locally. This report presents the key takeaways from Toronto’s planning practices as part of the Building Inclusive Cities initiative.

Muslim Development at Risk

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 515-532
Author(s):  
Ghulam M. Haniff
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Third World ◽  
International Comparisons ◽  
National Development ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Oil Wealth ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
The Relationship

Regardless of the definitions chosen, the conceptual frameworksadopted, or the analytical schemes utilized, many social analysts wouldagree that, even after decades of struggle for national development andmodernization, the state of underdevelopment in Muslim countries has notchanged significantly.' on most of the standad measures conventionallyused to make international comparisons as regards national development,Muslim countries occupy a disproportionate share of the bottom positions.While they languish there, the rest of the world thrusts forwad2 Despitethe oil wealth of the Muslim world, most Muslim countties remain on theperiphery of the emerging global economy and 8tp: becoming incteasinglymarginalized as newly industrialized Third World countries enter thecompetitive international marketplace. The Muslims' failure to transformtheir societies and become productive is due to their lack of knowledge,skills, and capabilities in most areas of intellectual endeavor, especiallyin the scientific and technical fields. More specifically, their inability touse the tools, techniques, and procedures of modem science for developmentalchanges is the result of deficiencies in their human resources.This paper examines the present status of human resoutces in theMuslim world and Assesses their prospects for the future direction of developmentand modernization. Its analysis is confined to the relationship ...

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