The recent resurgence of income inequality in some of the core societies has spawned a wide-ranging debate as to the culprits. Progress in this debate has been complicated by the fact that many of the theories that have been developed to account for the inequality upswing imply radically...

The number of lawyers working for large U.S. law firms has increased dramatically. One important manifestation of this is the growing network of branch offices. Informed by three theories of spatial change — law firms (i) following the geographic expansion of their clients, relying on (ii)...

During the last three decades, the number of lawyers working for large U.S. corporate law firms has increased dramatically. This study draws upon the economic geography literature on producer services and global cities to outline a theoretical framework for the location and growth of large...

This Handbook offers an unrivalled overview of current research into how globalization is affecting the external relations and internal structures of major cities in the world.

How is the world city system changing in the context of globalisation? This question is addressed using data on the headquarter and branch locations of the world's 500 largest multinationals. The paper employs techniques developed for the analysis of networks to evaluate the more than 6300...