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GaWC Research Bulletins

GaWC Research Bulletins are publication-submission versions of academic papers reporting research on relations between world cities. One of the current problems in research work is the long time-lag between carrying out the research and its final publication. On top of the usual writing up period, there is an interval between submission and publication which can be as long as 18 months. We use the two key advantages of electronic publication, immediacy and accessibility, to help ease this problem in our research area.

The papers we mount as a Bulletin are 'final products' in that the authors, in their professional judgement, have considered them ready for submission to a journal, edited book/report or refereed conference proceedings. Of course, some may fail to impress referees and be rejected and nearly all will be revised before publication. The status of a paper is given by the letter in brackets after its Bulletin number. A newly submitted paper will be designated (A) which may be replaced by subsequent revised versions designated (B), (C) and so on. Hence readers will be able to identify updated versions of papers they have previously used. When revisions are completed the paper is designated (Z) indicating that there will be no further changes. Where the latter version is forthcoming or published this will be indicated at the end of the Bulletin. Note that the papers reproduced here are the final versions sent to the editors, they do not include any copy-editing changes the publishers might subsequently require. The key point is that research is reported relatively quickly to overcome the social science journal logjam. Although we do not referee contributions we do ask authors to inform us where their paper has been submitted for publication. Since this is a public forum other researchers are free to refer to the Bulletins in their papers with the usual acknowledgement through full referencing (i.e. to include web address). Please refer to the journal/book article once a Research Bulletin has been published (indicated by ).

INVITATION: World city researchers are invited to use this service to disseminate their research. Please send your paper as a file attached to an email message indicating the journal to which the paper has been submitted. The latter information will not be posted unless and until the journal accepts the paper for publication. (Contact: p.j.taylor@lboro.ac.uk)

GaWC Research Bulletin 335 (A) : 'Contemporary Mappa Mundi: American Exceptionalism in the World City Network' (S. Vinciguerra, P.J. Taylor, M. Hoyler and K. Pain)

GaWC Research Bulletin 334 (Z) : 'Inflexiones Urbanas y Ciudades Globales' (F. Duarte and C. Ultramari)

GaWC Research Bulletin 333 (A) : 'World City Networks: Measurement, Social Organization, Global Governance, and Structural Change' (P.J. Taylor)

GaWC Research Bulletin 332 (A) : 'Thesis on Labour Imperialism: How Communist China Used Capitalist Globalization to Create the Last Great Modern Imperialism' (P.J. Taylor)

GaWC Research Bulletin 331 (A) : 'The Changing Geography of Globalized Service Provision, 2000-2008' (H. Hanssens, B. Derudder, P.J. Taylor, M. Hoyler, P. Ni, J. Huang, X. Yang and F. Witlox)

GaWC Research Bulletin 330 (Z) : 'Spatial Structure and Productivity in U.S. Metropolitan Areas' (E.J. Meijers and M.J. Burger)

GaWC Research Bulletin 329 (A) : 'Commoditising Learning: Cultural Economy and the Growth of For-profit Educational Service Firms' (S. Hall and L. Appleyard)

GaWC Research Bulletin 328 (Z) : 'London - The Pre-eminent Global City' (K. Pain)

GaWC Research Bulletin 327 (A) : 'Green Global City: The Power-Geometry of Sydney's Environmental Governance' (M. Acuto)

GaWC Research Bulletin 326 (A) : 'Life After Regions: The Evolution of City-Regionalism in England' (J. Harrison)

GaWC Research Bulletin 325 (Z) : 'Global Cities in Global Commodity Chains: Exploring the Role of Mexico City in the Geography of Global Economic Governance' (C. Parnreiter)

GaWC Research Bulletin 324 (Z) : 'Global City-Formation und die Rolle der Immobilienwirtschaft in der Transnationalisierung der Stadt: Das Beispiel Mexico City' (C. Parnreiter)

GaWC Research Bulletin 323 (A) : 'Megacities in the Geography of Global Economic Governance' (C. Parnreiter)

GaWC Research Bulletin 322 (Z) : 'Capitalism and the City' (J.V. Beaverstock, J.R. Faulconbridge and M. Hoyler)

GaWC Research Bulletin 321 (Z) : 'Knowledge Networks of 'Buzz' in London's Advertising Industry: A Social Network Analysis Approach' (O. Mould and S. Joel)

GaWC Research Bulletin 320 (B) : 'Goodbye Reykjavik: International Banking Centres and the Global Financial Crisis' (B. Derudder, M. Hoyler and P.J. Taylor)

GaWC Research Bulletin 319 (Z) : 'Networks of Connectivity, Territorial Fragmentation, Uneven Development: The New Politics of City Regionalism' (J. Harrison)

GaWC Research Bulletin 318 (A) : 'Globalisation and Special Events: The Relevance of the Belgian Participation in World Exhibitions with Case Study Expo Zaragoza 2008 (Spain)' (P. De Groote and L. Steen)

GaWC Research Bulletin 317 (A) : 'The World According to iTunes: Creative Project Ecologies and the Global Urban Networks of Digital Music Production' (A. Watson)

GaWC Research Bulletin 316 (A) : 'Explosive City Growth in the Modern World-System: An Initial Inventory Derived from Urban Demographic Changes' (P.J. Taylor, A. Firth, M. Hoyler and D. Smith)

GaWC Research Bulletin 315 (Z) : 'Santa Fe: A 'Global Enclave' in Mexico City' (M. Pérez Negrete)

GaWC Research Bulletin 314 (A) : 'Marketisation through Contestation: Reconfiguring China's Financial Markets through Knowledge Networks' (K.P.Y. Lai)

GaWC Research Bulletin 313 (A) : 'Global Cities in Competition? A Qualitative Analysis of Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong as Financial Centres' (K.P.Y. Lai)

GaWC Research Bulletin 312 (A) : 'Local Network Research of the Yangtze River Delta Based on Economic News' (M. Zhao and Z. Tang)

GaWC Research Bulletin 311 (Z) : 'Urban Economics in thrall to Christaller: A Misguided Search for City Hierarchies in External Urban Relations' (P.J. Taylor)

GaWC Research Bulletin 310 (C) : 'Pathways of Growth and Decline: Connectivity Changes in the World City Network, 2000-2008' (B. Derudder, P.J. Taylor, P. Ni, A. De Vos, M. Hoyler, H. Hanssens, D. Bassens, J. Huang, F. Witlox and X. Yang)

GaWC Research Bulletin 309 (A) : 'Setting 'Other' Standards: On the Role, Power and Spatialities of Interlocking Shari'a Boards in Islamic Financial Services' (D. Bassens, B. Derudder and F. Witlox)

GaWC Research Bulletin 308 (A) : 'Major Cities in the Information World: Monitoring Cyberspace in Real-Time' (L. Devriendt, A. Boulton, S. Brunn, B. Derudder and F. Witlox)

GaWC Research Bulletin 307 (A) : 'PAR-LON - Doing Business in Knowledge-Based Services in Paris and London: A Tale of One City?' (L. Halbert and K. Pain)

GaWC Research Bulletin 306 (A) : 'Not So Mobile 'Creative Class': A European Perspective' (H. Martin-Brelot, M. Grossetti, D. Eckert, O.Gritsai and Z. Kovács)

GaWC Research Bulletin 305 (A) : 'Local Governments as Foreign Policy Actors and Global Cities Network-Makers: The Cases of Barcelona and Porto Alegre' (M. Salomon)

GaWC Research Bulletin 304 (A) : 'An Appraisal of the Determinants of Connectivity Change in the World City Network' (R.A.O. Pereira and B. Derudder)

GaWC Research Bulletin 303 (Z) : 'Outsourcing and Offshoring in Business Services - New Dynamics, New Territorial Opportunities?' (K. Pain)

GaWC Research Bulletin 302 (A) : 'Polarization, Spread and Upgrading of Urban Functions: From a Dominating 'First City' to a 'Network of Cities' Structure' (B.A. Kipnis)

GaWC Research Bulletin 301 (A) : 'Localizing the Global City through the “Invisible College” – A (Political) Research Note' (M. Acuto)

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