TY - JOUR
T1 - Global and non-global city locations
T2 - the effect of clusters on the performance of foreign firms
AU - Rasel, Sharif
AU - Kalfadellis, Paul
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study examines the effects of subnational regional heterogeneity on the performance of foreign firms. Based on the global city concept, it identified regions with and without global connectivity and then compared the effects of within-country location advantages on foreign firm performance between the regions within a country. Given that present studies offer conflicting findings on how industrial concentration, that is, clusters, affect the performance of business firms, this study argues that they fail to address the global connectivity of subnational regions. Findings from Australia suggest that industrial concentration in regions with global connectivity as highlighted by global cities have a positive effect on the performance of foreign firms located there; however, that is not the case in other non-global city locations. This study thus offers an insight into better understanding this unresolved issue by arguing that the effect of industrial concentration upon a foreign firm’s performance is contingent upon the subnational regions’ global connectivity.
AB - This study examines the effects of subnational regional heterogeneity on the performance of foreign firms. Based on the global city concept, it identified regions with and without global connectivity and then compared the effects of within-country location advantages on foreign firm performance between the regions within a country. Given that present studies offer conflicting findings on how industrial concentration, that is, clusters, affect the performance of business firms, this study argues that they fail to address the global connectivity of subnational regions. Findings from Australia suggest that industrial concentration in regions with global connectivity as highlighted by global cities have a positive effect on the performance of foreign firms located there; however, that is not the case in other non-global city locations. This study thus offers an insight into better understanding this unresolved issue by arguing that the effect of industrial concentration upon a foreign firm’s performance is contingent upon the subnational regions’ global connectivity.
KW - cluster
KW - global city
KW - international business
KW - performance
KW - place and space
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103186362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21681376.2021.1898461
DO - 10.1080/21681376.2021.1898461
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103186362
VL - 8
SP - 88
EP - 108
JO - Regional Studies, Regional Science
JF - Regional Studies, Regional Science
SN - 2168-1376
IS - 1
ER -