Abstract
Production processes in the global economy create two forms of networks—organizational and geographical. The former encompasses complex interactions within and between different firms as well as with extra-firm actors that constitute production networks. The latter depicts webs of economic activities grounded in particular geographies. Both networks are completely interrelated. The interconnection between global organizational and geographical networks is reflected in the research agenda of Economic Geography, in particular in two research strands, namely research on the World City Network (WCN) and research on Global Production Networks (GPNs). The following subsections (Sects. 2.1 and 2.2) elaborate both frameworks as they represent the conceptual starting points on which this research is based. Shortcomings are identified in each of the above research strands that have led to a lack of understanding of the gateway role of cities in contemporary global production circuits. Subsequently, Sect. 2.3 establishes a link between WCN and GPN research to overcome the shortcomings and shed light on the role of gateway cities in global production networks and their developmental implications for regions which become globally integrated by them.
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The analysis in Chap. 4 does not require the complexity of the GPN framework. Only an understanding of the functionally and geographically fragmented nature of contemporary production processes is needed in order to shift the analytical perspective in WCN research from intercity linkages to linkages between cities and the locations they integrate. The interconnections between global organizational and geographical networks are not analyzed in this working step. Chapter 4 therefore avoids unnecessary complexity and builds on the GVC concept.
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