Intra-Firm and Extra-Firm Linkages in the Knowledge Economy: The Case of the Emerging Mega-City Region of Munich

Stefan Lüthi, Alain Thierstein, Viktor Goebel

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommodity Chains and World Cities
PublisherWiley Blackwell
Pages137-164
Number of pages28
ISBN (Print)9781444335873
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Apr 2011

Keywords

  • Globalization, reorganization of spatial development processes - on global, European, national and regional scales
  • Identifying APS and high-tech firms - within mega-city region of Munich, from Hoppenstedt
  • Intensity and ranking of connectivity values - by intra-firm networks of APS companies
  • Intra-firm and extra-firm linkages in knowledge economy - emerging mega-city region of Munich
  • John Friedmann and rise of a transnational urban network - major geographical transformation of capitalist world economy
  • Mega-city region hypothesis - combining World City Network research with value chain approach
  • Mega-city regions - Megalopolis, urbanized Northeastern seaboard of the United States
  • New forms of hierarchical and network development - functional differentiation between cities observed
  • Saskia Sassen's global city approach and John Friedmann's concept of world city - world cities, as polycentric urban regions
  • Two main pillars of knowledge economy - advanced producer services (APS) and high-tech firms

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