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作者

Martin E. Pilka;Nicolai A. Sluka;Daniela Szymańska

来源

CITIES,Vol.120,Issue1,Article 103432

语言

英文

关键字

Foreign TNCs in the U.S. global cities;World cities;Sectoral structure of foreign TNCs in the U.S.;Employment structure in foreign TNCs;Global cities as hubs for foreign TNCs

作者单位

Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation;Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland;Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation;Department of Urban Studies and Regional Development, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland

摘要

The objective of this study is to assess the scope of presence of foreign TNCs in U.S. global cities and the TNCs' sectoral structure. Sectoral analysis of foreign TNCs in U.S. global cities allows us to draw some interesting conclusions. First is the uniqueness of parity between industrial and non-industrial companies in a post-industrial environment. Second is the lack of a simple linear relationship between the international importance of a city as a corporate center and the sectoral composition of its transnational business segment. Third is the multifold superiority of key cities over secondary ones in terms of foreign firm concentrations in all sectors of the economy. Fourth is the existence of a certain “division of labor” among the main centers in attracting foreign companies of different industry profiles. An approach that reveals the role that urban areas play as magnets for foreign TNCs could become a new method of analysis within economic geography and related disciplines.