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Competing to be Regional Centres: A Multi-agency, Multi-locational Perspective

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    (Department of Sociology and Information and Communications Management Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The National University of Singapore, Blk AS7, 5 Arts Link, Singapore 117570, icmhokc@nus.edu.sg)

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This paper recognises that the economic fabric of cities has to be considered as a dynamic outcome of aggregate outcomes of decisions by different agents made with reference to other competing locations. Drawing on interview material from a multi-industry and multi-city sample as well as company listings compiled in three countries, this paper illustrates the location dynamics of regional functions of multinational companies and the consequences these investments have on cities. The strategic actions by these firms to match activity to place attributes are examined in relation to efforts by governments to attract regional functions.

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  • K.C. Ho, 2000. "Competing to be Regional Centres: A Multi-agency, Multi-locational Perspective," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 37(12), pages 2337-2356, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:37:y:2000:i:12:p:2337-2356
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980020002832
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