Competitiveness Review: Volume 28 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Grazia D. Santangelo

International business, cities and competitiveness: recent trends and future challenges

Simona Iammarino, Philip McCann, Raquel Ortega-Argilés

This paper aims to explain how thinking regarding multinationals, competitiveness and location in cities has evolved over the past five decades and how our current understanding…

Global cities, ownership structures, and location choice: Foreign subsidiaries as bridgeheads

Christian Geisler Asmussen, Bo Nielsen, Anthony Goerzen, Svenja Tegtmeier

This paper aims to develop a more nuanced view of subnational location choice with a particular focus on global cities. It is argued that multinational firms may use global cities…

Connecting local and global technological knowledge sourcing

John Cantwell, Salma Zaman

Through increasing globalization, cities are becoming increasingly interconnected with each other. To remain competitive, it is necessary for cities to combine complementary…

A new index to measure cost of living for expatriates in cities

Khee Giap Tan, Nguyen Trieu Duong Luu, Le Phuong Anh Nguyen

Cost of living is an important consideration for the decision-making of expatriates and investment decisions of businesses. As competition between cities for talent and capital…

Eco-innovation and competitiveness in the Barossa Valley wine region

Vanessa Ratten

This paper aims to explore the role of eco-innovation in the competitiveness of the Barossa Valley wine region, which is one of the premier wine areas in Australia.

Handbook of Regions and Competitiveness: Contemporary Theories and Perspectives on Economic Development

Eoin Byrne