Belgeo, 1-2 | 2012
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This paper aims to contribute to the literature on the geography of external relations of cities.Our overall purpose thereby is to tease out some of the basic principles of alternative approachesto the study of the spatiality of urban systems in the context of economic globalization. To thisend, we present an empirical analysis of the urban geography of producer service procurementby 118 of the 300 largest companies in Belgium. The main features of this urban geography ofservice procurement include (i) the dominance of Brussels as a service city ; (ii) the existence ofoverlapping urban spheres of influence ; and (iii) the presence of transaction links with foreigncities. The results of our analysis also suggest that, in addition to spaceand quality-relateddecision factors, the intra-firm distribution of decision-making power in multinational firmsequally influences the spatiality of transaction links. The relevance of these results is discussedin the context of theorizations of urban systems. Dit artikel levert een bijdrage tot de literatuur die de geografie van externe stedelijke relatiesbestudeert. Onze overkoepelende doelstelling is om enkele van de basisprincipes bloot te leggenvan alternatieve benaderingen in de studie van de geografie van stedelijke systemen in decontext van economische mondialisering. De empirische analyse die de basis vormt voor dezestudie, bestudeert de stedelijke geografie van transactielinks tussen 118 van de de 300 grootstebedrijven in België en hun voornaamste zakenpartners voor een aantal “productieve diensten”.De belangrijkste kenmerken van deze stedelijke geografie van transactielinks zijn (i) dedominantie van Brussel als dienstenstad ; (ii) de aanwezigheid van overlappende stedelijkeinvloedssferen ; en (iii) de aanwezigheid van transactielinks met steden in het buitenland. Deresultaten van onze analyse geven ook aan dat – naast ruimteen kwaliteitsgerelateerdebeslissingsfactoren – de verdeling van beslissingsbevoegdheden binnen multinationale firma’seveneens een invloed heeft op de geografie van deze transactielinks. De relevantie van dezeresultaten wordt besproken in de context van theorievorming rond stedelijke systemen.
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