Scandals of corporate governance in the United States and Europe in the aftermath of the TMT bubble captured the public imagination. In play were the interests of senior executives in relation to investors, prompting debate over countries' standards of corporate governance in the global market...

Sixty-six leading economists and geographers from around the world investigate the rival theories and perspectives that have sustained the development of economic geography. Building on the success of the hugely influential first edition, this volume offers a radically revised, updated, and...

This paper brings financial centres into the debate on the causes and consequences of the global financial crisis, by focusing on New York and London. It argues that the degree of commonality, complementarity and connectivity between the two leading global financial centres justifies the use of...