Recent efforts aimed at understanding the spatial supply and demand of business services have focused on their trade in regional and global settings. Noticeably absent from this research is a clear understanding of the organisation of trade within city systems. This paper demonstrates...

Mounting interest in the global system of cities has led many scholars to portray large, world-class cities as control points in the global economy. From this position, they govern global banking, finance and international corporate relations with the assistance of advanced business services and...