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Spatial changes in the command and control function of cities based on the corporate centre of gravity model Cover

Spatial changes in the command and control function of cities based on the corporate centre of gravity model

Open Access
|Jan 2020

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss changes in the spatial distribution of cities that perform the command and control function created by the largest corporations, based on the method of gravity centres. The analysis was performed both for individual sectors of the economy as well as for the global scale. A shift occurred in an easterly direction. This also pertains to sector indices, although the centroids of knowledge-based sectors, such as information technology and healthcare, shifted the most in the direction of Asia. At the same time, information technology was the only sector whose centroid shifted to the west in the study period. Moreover, the magnitude of the shift of the centre of gravity of the number of corporate headquarters in the studied cities does not converge to the shift of the centroid based on the value of the financial potential of the companies.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046
Language: English
Page range: 35 - 41
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2019
Accepted on: Nov 14, 2019
Published on: Jan 31, 2020
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Piotr Raźniak, Sławomir Dorocki, Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak, published by Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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