The Geography of Global Corporate Networks: The Poor, the Rich, and the Happy Few Countries

Ronald S Wall, Martijn Burger and G A (Bert) van der Knaap
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Ronald S Wall: Institute for Housing and Urban Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1935, 3000 BX Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning A, 2011, vol. 43, issue 4, 904-927

Abstract: The gradual integration of nations within our globalizing world is strongly related to the economic networks formed by multinational headquarters and their various subsidiaries located across the globe. Although the corporate reach of multinational corporations (MNCs) is clearly global, the geographical scope of their activities remains limited. Focusing on the network of ownership relations between the global Fortune 100 MNC headquarters and their subsidiaries, it is shown that global corporate activity remains unevenly distributed across the globe. Besides showing that richer countries are better connected within the global system than the poorer countries, the authors also reveal considerable differences in connectivity within the group of rich countries. Based on various determinants, these variations in network connectivity are explained.

Date: 2011
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