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1. The Globalization of the Executive Search Industry

   Professional Services Strategy and Dynamics in the Contemporary World

   By Jonathan Beaverstock, James Faulconbridge, Sarah Hall

   Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy

   The globalization of the executive search industry has been fuelled by two related trends. First, within knowledge based economies, both private and public enterprises have increased demand for highly-skilled, talented labor to fill vacancies within labor markets that are functioning increasingly...

   To Be Published March 14th 2014 by Routledge
2. Global Cities

   Edited by Peter Taylor, Jonathan Beaverstock, Ben Derudder, James Faulconbridge, John Harrison, Michael Hoyler, Kathy Pain, Frank Witlox

   Series: Critical Concepts in Urban Studies

   A striking consequence of contemporary globalization has been an increase in the importance and prestige of cities. Whereas only a generation or so ago cities were commonly viewed as ‘problems’, the sites of society’s ills, today they are more readily seen as ‘solutions’, places where twenty-first...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
3. The Globalization of Advertising

   Agencies, Cities and Spaces of Creativity

   By James R. Faulconbridge, Peter Taylor, Corinne Nativel, Jonathan Beaverstock

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   The role of advertising in everyday life and as a major employer in post-industrial economies is intimately bound up with processes of contemporary globalization. At centre of the advertising industry are the global advertising agencies which have an important role in developing global brands both...

   Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
4. Geographies of the New Economy

   Critical Reflections

   Edited by Peter W. Daniels, Andrew Leyshon, Michael J. Bradshaw, Jonathan Beaverstock

   Series: Regions and Cities

   What is the 'new economy'? Where is it? How does it differ from the 'old economy'? How does the 'new economy' relate to issues such as the nature of work, social inclusion and exclusion? Geographies of the New Economy explores the meaning of the 'new economy' at the global scale from the...

   Published February 18th 2009 by Routledge