World City Networks and Multinational Firms: An Analysis of Economic Ties Over a Decade

Mohammed Adil Saleem (), Faraz Zaidi () and Céline Rozenblat ()
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Mohammed Adil Saleem: Institute of Business Administration
Faraz Zaidi: York University
Céline Rozenblat: Institute of Geography and Sustainability

Networks and Spatial Economics, 2023, vol. 23, issue 3, No 3, 559-580

Abstract: Abstract One perspective to view the economic development of cities is through the presence of multinational firms; how subsidiaries of various organizations are set up throughout the globe and how cities are connected to each other through these networks of multinational firms. Analysis of these networks can reveal interesting economical and spatial trends, as well as help us understand the importance of cities in national and regional economic development. This paper aims to study networks of cities formed due to the linkages of multinational firms over a decade (from 2010 to 2019). More specifically we are interested in analyzing the growth and stability of various cities in terms of the connections they form with other cities over time. Our results can be summarized into two key findings: First, we ascertain the central position of several cities due to their economically stable connections; Second, we successfully identify cities that have evolved over the past decade as the presence of multinational firms has increased in these cities.

Keywords: Complex networks; Multinational firms; Temporal networks; Social network analysis; Economic networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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