Gateways to the global economy / edited by Åke E. Andersson, David E. Andersson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andersson, Åke E., 1936-

Andersson, David E., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional economics.

Urban economics.

Computer networks.

Communication and traffic.

Physical Description:

ix, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2000]

Contents:

Part 1 Gateways to the Continents and the World

1. Gateway Regions of the World

an Introduction / Ake E. Andersson 3

2. Research Gateways of the World: an Analysis of Networks Based on Bibliometric Indicators / Christian Wichmann Matthiessen, Annette Winkel Schwarz, Soren Find 17

3. Financial Gateways / Ake E. Andersson 31

4. Three Global Cities: New York, London and Tokyo / T. R. Lakshmanan, David E. Andersson, Lata Chatterjee, Komei Sasaki 49

Part 2 North American Gateway Regions

5. Southern California as a Global Gateway Region: Polycentricity and Network Segmentation as Competitive Advantages / Luis Suarez-Villa 83

6. The Greater Washington Region: a Global Gateway Region / Roger R. Stough 105

7. Miami: Multicultural Gateway of the Americas / Niles Hansen 124

8. Vancouver: a Multifunctional North American Gateway Region Linking Three Continents / Michael A. Goldberg 147

Part 3 Asia-Pacific Gateway Regions

9. Hong Kong as a Regional Strategic Hub for Manufacturing Multinationals / Edmund R. Thompson 169

10. Reconfiguring Regional Hierarchy through Regional Offices in Singapore / Jessie P.H. Poon 190

11. Gateway Sydney

from the Tyranny of Distance to Strategic Hub / Wolfgang Kasper 207

12. Exploiting Gateway Externalities: the Future of Kansai / Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Mikio Takebayashi 235

13. Shanghai: a Gateway to China's Economic Modernization / Wei-Bin Zhang 254

14. Institutions and Networks: the Case of Taiwan's Export-Oriented Production Zones / David E. Andersson 269

Part 4 European Gateway Regions

15. Frankfurt and the Rhine Main Region

the Transport and Finance Gateway of Germany / Knut Koschatzky 283

16. The Role of the Randstad Region in the European Urban System / Folke Snickars 296

17. The Network Profile of the Milan-Venice Corridor / Stefano Magrini, Dino Martellato 311

18. Barcelona

the Logistical Center of Southern Europe / Javier Revilla Diez 332

19. The Stockholm Region in the Global Economy / Ake E. Andersson, Borje Johansson 345

20. The Role of Institutions and Self-Organizing Networks in the Economic History of Regions / David E. Andersson 365.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840643897

OCLC:

43810950