There are significant opportunities to learn from but also develop the literature on multinational corporations when analysing BOP markets. This short review explores three potential opportunities relating to: market making dynamics; knowledge mobilities; and embedded power geometries. Each is...

The launch of the Euro and the location of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt was initially seen as a threat to London's pre-eminent position in European financial geographies. This paper explains why this was in fact not the case. The paper is therefore divided into two sections. Firstly it...

Theorizing the relationships between information communication technology (ICT), travel and work continue to preoccupy researchers interested in multinational corporations (MNCs). One motivation is the desire to understand ways of reducing demand for and the negative consequences of business...

In discussions of the globalization of professional service firms there is an increasing recognition that understanding the quot;social constructionquot; of organizational architectures is essential. In this paper we argue, using the management of transnational law firms as an example, that to...

In recent decades, numerous professional service firms have gone ‘global’ in search of new markets and to support clients requiring services across nations. Whilst a lively debate has developed over the organizational implications of this phenomenon, the role of the firms in globalizing the...

Through a historical case study of the internationalization of large English law firms in Italy, this paper uses Scott’s three pillars approach (2005) to look at how local institutions constrain and mediate the strategies and practices of professional services firms (PSFs). In doing so, it...

Buildings are responsible for on average 43% of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, a figure that can rise to 70% in cities. Consequently, ‘green’ building design has been focussed on in efforts to reduce environmental degradation and change. It has been suggested, however, that...