Geography of reputation: the city as locus of business opportunity

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

This paper discusses the limits of current cluster theory and theorizes trans-local network externalities as an important cause for the urban agglomeration of knowledge services. A survey on management consulting firms in the metropolitan region of Frankfurt demonstrates that the benefit of co-location in the city lies in the access to reputation networks rather than in the exploitation of local value chain linkages. The city is a locus of opportunity because firms in the city have a higher share of distant clients and because distant clients are won more often through referrals. Cities are reputational nodes for trans-local business development.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Umfang: Seite(n): 949-961
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Regional Studies, 41(7)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Reputation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Glückler, Johannes
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (wann): 2007

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400601145194
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-133104
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ