International business travel has always been an important labour process in the accumulation of capital for the firm. It is surprising, therefore, that relatively little time has been devoted to the study of business travel, both as a facet of contemporary mobility and as an economic practice....

The degree of polycentricity of an urban region is often claimed to influence the region's competitiveness. However, due to widespread use and policy relevance, the underlying concept of polycentricity has become a ‘stretched concept’ in urban studies rendering academic debate on this topic...

This article explores the obligations of presence behind work-related mobility for academics in internationalizing higher education systems. By further developing John Urry’s concept of ‘meetingness’, the article reveals how academics depend on corporeal and virtual mobility to create and...