Purpose: This study aims to analyse the major geographical dimensions of the location strategies of multinational tourism firms. Design/methodology/approach: Conceptually, this paper is situated at the intersection of two distinct and evolving bodies of research literature on the global...

Cities and city regions are back on the research agenda in the UK. Taking the world city literature as a guide, this article uses advanced producer service firms to study contemporary inter-city relations in the UK space economy. We employ an interlocking network model, initially developed for...

<b>The notion that there is a European 'system of cities' or 'urban hierarchy' has been an attractive idea, since it appears to provide a coherent subset of cities to study within a regional context. Under conditions of contemporary globalisation, however, the spatial order of European cities can...</b>