scholarly journals The Sa Huynh Culture in Ancient Regional Trade Networks: A Comparative Study of Ornaments

2017 ◽  
pp. 311-332
Author(s):  
Nguyen Kim Dung
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Networks

Exploiting International Webs of Relations: Immigrants and the Reopening of the Harbour of Antwerp on the Eve of the Nineteenth Century

2008 ◽  
pp. 81-108
Author(s):  
Hilde Greefs
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Spatial Extent ◽  
Maritime Trade ◽  
Economic Interest ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
Business Elite ◽  
Trading Activities

This chapter explores the question of which groups took advantage of and exercised dominance over the port of Antwerp when it reopened in the Nineteenth century. It discusses the development of maritime trade during the first half of the Nineteenth century and its appeal as a port town; the trading activities of the business elite - analysed through documents relating to port traffic; and the hierarchy of foreign trade networks operating around the port. Particular interest is given to the dominance of immigrant over native merchants in the fields of maritime trade and port activity. The conclusion suggests that the spatial extent of immigrant trade networks in particular enabled their success in international maritime trade. In response, native merchants strengthened links with national and regional trade, and the two groups managed to co-exist by concentrating on separate spheres of economic interest.

Regionalization and risk

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Seno-Alday
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Risk Exposure ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Network ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Macroeconomic Risk ◽  
Regional Market ◽  
Recent Developments

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of regional macroeconomic risk by examining the trade networks formed by regional multinational enterprise (MNE) activity at the aggregate level, and exploring the subsequent implications on the vulnerability of those networks to economic shocks. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws on contemporary developments in graph theory to revisit the nature and dynamics of complex trade networks in the Southeast Asian region from 1990 to 2012. Findings – Findings indicate that the topology of the regional trade network has changed significantly in the period examined, in that it has become denser, more connected and more clustered. Analysis further indicates that disruptions to the trade network during periods of shock have exhibited decreasing levels of magnitude, pointing to greater robustness over time. Research limitations/implications – The results show that intra-regional MNE activity has the effect of reducing risk in the region. If MNEs aim to reduce their risk exposure, they must first deepen their commitment to the regional market. Originality/value – This paper enriches current understanding of the changing nature of regional risk, and represents one of the first efforts to examine international trade networks in light of recent developments in the understanding of networks beyond the conventional random graph.

scholarly journals Fish provision in a changing environment: The buffering effect of regional trade networks

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. e0261514
Author(s):  
Blanca González-Mon ◽  
Emilie Lindkvist ◽  
Örjan Bodin ◽  
José Alberto Zepeda-Domínguez ◽  
Maja Schlüter
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
System Level ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Network Structures ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Fish Stocks ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Different Types

Local and regional trade networks in small-scale fisheries are important for food security and livelihoods across the world. Such networks consist of both economic flows and social relationships, which connect different production regions to different types of fish demand. The structure of such trade networks, and the actions that take place within them (e.g., people fishing, buying, selling), can influence the capacity of small-scale fisheries to provide sufficient fish in a changing social and ecological context. In this study, we aim to understand the importance of networks between different types of traders that access spatially-distinct fish stocks for the availability and variability of fish provision. We deployed a mixed-methods approach, combining agent-based modelling, network analysis and qualitative data from a small-scale fishery in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The empirical data allowed us to investigate the trade processes that occur within trade networks; and the generation of distinct, empirically-informed network structures. Formalized in an agent-based model, these network structures enable analysis of how different trade networks affect the dynamics of fish provision and the exploitation level of fish stocks. Model results reveal how trade strategies based on social relationships and species diversification can lead to spillover effects between fish species and fishing regions. We found that the proportion of different trader types and their spatial connectivity have the potential to increase fish provision. However, they can also increase overexploitation depending on the specific connectivity patterns and trader types. Moreover, increasing connectivity generally leads to positive outcomes for some individual traders, but this does not necessarily imply better outcomes at the system level. Overall, our model provides an empirically-grounded, stylized representation of a fisheries trading system, and reveals important trade-offs that should be considered when evaluating the potential effect of future changes in regional trade networks.

Imperial Borders

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-88
Author(s):  
Sasha D. Pack
Keyword(s):  
Regional Trade ◽  
Cooperative Effort ◽  
Landing Point ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Spheres Of Influence

This chapter explores various ways that imperial enclaves could project power over their borders. Examples include the increasing power of European consuls in Tangier to adjudicate conflicts between Jews and Muslims throughout Morocco; the processes by which officials in Gibraltar and Melilla asserted control over regional trade networks by protecting smugglers; and the role of French Oran in serving as a landing point for Spanish and Moroccan refugees and dissidents. Taken together, these examples illustrate the formation of a constellation of power in the trans-Gibraltar borderland that curtailed the ability of the Spanish and Moroccan governments to administer their own laws. The chapter ends with a discussion of the crisis of 1898, which set in motion a cooperative effort by Spain, Britain, and France to clearly delineate imperial spheres of influence, producing the Entente Cordiale of 1904.

Trade networks in West Africa: a social network approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier J. Walther
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Spatial Location ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Geographic Scale ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Networks ◽  
Recent Developments

ABSTRACTTo date, most of the literature on trade networks in West Africa has considered networks in a metaphorical way. The aim of this paper is to go one step further by showing how social network analysis may be applied to the study of regional trade in West Africa. After a brief review of the literature, this exploratory paper investigates two main issues related to regional trade. We start by discussing how recent developments in regional trade in West Africa have contributed to challenging the social structure of traders. We then discuss the changes that have affected the spatiality of regional trade by looking at the influence of spatial location and geographic scale on traders' abilities to trade. In both cases, we argue that the value of social network analysis in exploring how traders have progressively adapted to social and spatial changes in economic activities has been greatly underestimated. Our discussion is illustrated with the case of two trade networks located between Niger, Benin and Nigeria.

scholarly journals Wari impact on regional trade networks: Patterns of obsidian exchange in Cusco, Peru

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 102439
Author(s):  
Véronique Bélisle ◽  
Hubert Quispe-Bustamante ◽  
Thomas J. Hardy ◽  
Allison R. Davis ◽  
Elder Antezana Condori ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Trade ◽  
Trade Networks

scholarly journals Towards a Refined Chronology of Prehistoric Pitfall Hunting in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 530-546
Author(s):  
Andreas Hennius
Keyword(s):  
Density Estimation ◽  
Kernel Density Estimation ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Kernel Density ◽  
Viking Age ◽  
Northern Sweden ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Trade Networks

Among the most prominent prehistoric features in the boreal forests of northern Sweden are trapping pits or pitfalls used for hunting elk and/or reindeer. Even if often ascribed to the Viking Age and its trade in furs and other animal products, the chronology of these features has long been a matter of debate. In this article, a database of 370 dated radiocarbon samples from excavated pitfalls has been compiled and analysed using Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) modelling to create the most elaborate chronology of Swedish trapping pit systems so far. The analysis shows that the most intensive period of construction of trapping pits was in the centuries before the Viking period. This challenges previous interpretations of Viking Age resource exploitation but is in line with several other recently published studies concerned with resource exploitation, non-agrarian production, and trade connecting northern Scandinavia with inter-regional trade networks.

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