The period leading up to and following the global financial crisis has been characterized by rising global financial diversity and multipolarity, a process underscored by the growth of so-called sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). To date there has not been any systematic examination of the...

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have grown rapidly in recent years both in value and in number. Despite a great deal of popular debate, very little scholarly attention has centered on the ‘strategic use’ of SWFs by states, that is, as tools to promote national development. Using a ‘network...

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...

C<sc>oe</sc> N. M., L<sc>ai</sc> K. P. Y. and W<sc>ójcik</sc> D. Integrating finance into global production networks, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. While successful in its aim of 'globalizing' regional development, the global production network (GPN) approach has thus far paid less attention to the role of finance in the dynamics of...

This Handbook brings together 49 international specialists to address an issue of increasing importance for the world’s post-industrial economies; innovation as it relates to services.

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