European Cities in Globalization: A Comparative Analysis Based on the Location Strategies of Advanced Producer Services

Peter J. Taylor (), Michael Hoyler and Simón Sánchez-Moral
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Peter J. Taylor: Northumbria University
Michael Hoyler: Loughborough University
Simón Sánchez-Moral: Complutense University

Chapter Chapter 12 in Service Industries and Regions, 2013, pp 285-304 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Today there is a key question that lurks behind any consideration of Europe and its cities: is this foundation core zone of the modern world-system showing symptoms of dropping out of the contemporary core zone? It certainly appears that in the period of crises since 2008, Europe has been falling behind other major world-regions. Dubbed the “austerity region” of the world, such an interpretation sees Europe as the first part of the world-economy core to be subject to what are effectively structural adjustment programmes, largely self-imposed but still resulting in a process of peripheralization. Although uneven in impact, this is clearly a result of Europe’s states failing to adequately manage and regulate the economic activities within their territories. However it is far too soon to say whether such a monumental global economic shift is happening but we can investigate the current unevenness of economic globalization amongst European states. We compare three of these states that represent different degrees of potential peripheralization: Spain showing the stronger symptoms, Germany with least symptoms, and Britain somewhere in between. Our study is based upon an original analysis of advanced producer services that combines comparisons between countries and relations between cities.

Keywords: European City; Service Firm; Financial Centre; World City; German City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35801-2_12

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