Ronald Wall
Biographic Data
| ID | 5919226 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald Wall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald |
| FAMILY NAME | Wall |
| SIGNATURE | WALL R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2783-4294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Undercurrents in the world economy
Foreign direct investment (FDI) to the global South has increased, but very little research has gone into analysing the diverse FDI flows between unequally related groups of countries. This paper contributes by investigating (a) the distribution of global FDI into and between semi‐peripheral and peripheral countries in the global South (2006–2014), and (b) the country location factors of FDI in these two regions. We introduce a distinction betwee…
Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China
This article uses a network approach and a negative binomial regression model (NBRM) to shed light on the association between Domestic Investment (DI) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in interlinking Chinese cities in a space of flows. The empirical analysis is based on 2743 FDI and 9315 DI projects covering 77 Chinese cities. We address the question of what the association is between DI network measures and city attractiveness for FDI, and if…
Building a bridge between port and city
Polycentricity and the Multiplexity of Urban Networks
Empirical studies on polycentric urban regions (PURs) tend to analyse their spatial organization by examining only one type of functional linkage between cities. However, it has generally been accepted that urban networks are multiplex phenomena and that spatial interactions between cities can take many different forms, for example, commuting, shopping trips, and inter-firm trade. The spatial organization of each of these functional linkages is n…
Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions
In the modern economy, cities are assumed to be in fierce competition over attracting foreign investments. Despite the rich theoretical discourse on these ‘wars', it remains unclear which territories are competing with each other over which types of investments. Combining insights from international economics, international business, and urban geography, we develop an indicator to measure revealed competition between territories for investments b…
The Relational Economy
The Relational Economy: Geographies of Knowing and Learning, Harald Bathelt and Johannes Gluckler, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2011). xv + 298 pp. £24.99 (pbk). ISBN 978 0 19 958739 1. This is
The Geography of Global Corporate Networks
The gradual integration of nations within our globalizing world is strongly related to the economic networks formed by multinational headquarters and their various subsidiaries located across the globe. Although the corporate reach of multinational corporations (MNCs) is clearly global, the geographical scope of their activities remains limited. Focusing on the network of ownership relations between the global Fortune 100 MNC headquarters and the…
Sectoral Differentiation and Network Structure Within Contemporary Worldwide Corporate Networks
This article contributes to the converging literatures on global production networks and new regionalism, which show that these two entities and their respective geographic scales are complexly interdependent. It explores two key conceptual differences between the leading world city network studies of Alderson and Beckfield and the work of the Global and World City (GaWC) Research Network. The first is the sectoral differentiation of the data, in…
The Relative Importance of Randstad Cities Within Comparative Worldwide Corporate Networks
Today, the importance of the Randstad agglomeration is often discussed in terms of the economic coherence between its four largest cities. This is remarkable when several leading authors argue that the economic importance of cities is strongly determined by economic networks between cities worldwide. This discrepancy stems from the fact that limited empirical research exists on corporate networks. Furthermore, the relative importance of cities wi…
Social costs of untreated opioid dependence
A Decision Analysis of the Introduction of a New Senile Cataract Surgery Technology in Ontario
The author uses decision analysis methods to examine the implicit clinical and public policy of providing most elderly patients with a new surgical technology treating senile cataracts. The analysis suggests that the limitations of the “best” empirical evidence adversely affect decision making. Failure to measure patient preferences is a key source of decision-making uncertainty. Hence, the nearly universal provision of the new technology is ques…
Project Evaluation Decision Rules
W.R. Cook's (1989) article “Using the Internal Rate of Return in Public Sector Project Evaluations” in the October 1989 issue of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation recommends using internal rate of return (IRR) in place of net present value (NPV) as the decision rule for assessing the economic desirability of alternative public investments. The original article, the reply by Watson (1990), and the response by Cook (1990) do not fully addr…
Sectoral Differentiation and Network Structure Within Contemporary Worldwide Corporate Networks
This article contributes to the converging literatures on global production networks and new regionalism, which show that these two entities and their respective geographic scales are complexly interdependent. It explores two key conceptual differences between the leading world city network studies of Alderson and Beckfield and the work of the Global and World City (GaWC) Research Network. The first is the sectoral differentiation of the data, in…
Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions
In the modern economy, cities are assumed to be in fierce competition over attracting foreign investments. Despite the rich theoretical discourse on these ‘wars', it remains unclear which territories are competing with each other over which types of investments. Combining insights from international economics, international business, and urban geography, we develop an indicator to measure revealed competition between territories for investments b…
Building a bridge between port and city
The Geography of Global Corporate Networks
The gradual integration of nations within our globalizing world is strongly related to the economic networks formed by multinational headquarters and their various subsidiaries located across the globe. Although the corporate reach of multinational corporations (MNCs) is clearly global, the geographical scope of their activities remains limited. Focusing on the network of ownership relations between the global Fortune 100 MNC headquarters and the…
The Relational Economy
The Relational Economy: Geographies of Knowing and Learning, Harald Bathelt and Johannes Gluckler, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2011). xv + 298 pp. £24.99 (pbk). ISBN 978 0 19 958739 1. This is
Social costs of untreated opioid dependence
Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China
This article uses a network approach and a negative binomial regression model (NBRM) to shed light on the association between Domestic Investment (DI) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in interlinking Chinese cities in a space of flows. The empirical analysis is based on 2743 FDI and 9315 DI projects covering 77 Chinese cities. We address the question of what the association is between DI network measures and city attractiveness for FDI, and if…
The Relative Importance of Randstad Cities Within Comparative Worldwide Corporate Networks
Today, the importance of the Randstad agglomeration is often discussed in terms of the economic coherence between its four largest cities. This is remarkable when several leading authors argue that the economic importance of cities is strongly determined by economic networks between cities worldwide. This discrepancy stems from the fact that limited empirical research exists on corporate networks. Furthermore, the relative importance of cities wi…
Project Evaluation Decision Rules
W.R. Cook's (1989) article “Using the Internal Rate of Return in Public Sector Project Evaluations” in the October 1989 issue of The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation recommends using internal rate of return (IRR) in place of net present value (NPV) as the decision rule for assessing the economic desirability of alternative public investments. The original article, the reply by Watson (1990), and the response by Cook (1990) do not fully addr…
A Decision Analysis of the Introduction of a New Senile Cataract Surgery Technology in Ontario
The author uses decision analysis methods to examine the implicit clinical and public policy of providing most elderly patients with a new surgical technology treating senile cataracts. The analysis suggests that the limitations of the “best” empirical evidence adversely affect decision making. Failure to measure patient preferences is a key source of decision-making uncertainty. Hence, the nearly universal provision of the new technology is ques…
Social costs of untreated opioid dependence
The Relative Importance of Randstad Cities Within Comparative Worldwide Corporate Networks
Today, the importance of the Randstad agglomeration is often discussed in terms of the economic coherence between its four largest cities. This is remarkable when several leading authors argue that the economic importance of cities is strongly determined by economic networks between cities worldwide. This discrepancy stems from the fact that limited empirical research exists on corporate networks. Furthermore, the relative importance of cities wi…
The Geography of Global Corporate Networks
The gradual integration of nations within our globalizing world is strongly related to the economic networks formed by multinational headquarters and their various subsidiaries located across the globe. Although the corporate reach of multinational corporations (MNCs) is clearly global, the geographical scope of their activities remains limited. Focusing on the network of ownership relations between the global Fortune 100 MNC headquarters and the…
Sectoral Differentiation and Network Structure Within Contemporary Worldwide Corporate Networks
This article contributes to the converging literatures on global production networks and new regionalism, which show that these two entities and their respective geographic scales are complexly interdependent. It explores two key conceptual differences between the leading world city network studies of Alderson and Beckfield and the work of the Global and World City (GaWC) Research Network. The first is the sectoral differentiation of the data, in…
Revealed competition for greenfield investments between European regions
In the modern economy, cities are assumed to be in fierce competition over attracting foreign investments. Despite the rich theoretical discourse on these ‘wars', it remains unclear which territories are competing with each other over which types of investments. Combining insights from international economics, international business, and urban geography, we develop an indicator to measure revealed competition between territories for investments b…
The Relational Economy
The Relational Economy: Geographies of Knowing and Learning, Harald Bathelt and Johannes Gluckler, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2011). xv + 298 pp. £24.99 (pbk). ISBN 978 0 19 958739 1. This is
Polycentricity and the Multiplexity of Urban Networks
Empirical studies on polycentric urban regions (PURs) tend to analyse their spatial organization by examining only one type of functional linkage between cities. However, it has generally been accepted that urban networks are multiplex phenomena and that spatial interactions between cities can take many different forms, for example, commuting, shopping trips, and inter-firm trade. The spatial organization of each of these functional linkages is n…
Building a bridge between port and city
Exploring the significance of domestic investment for foreign direct investment in China
This article uses a network approach and a negative binomial regression model (NBRM) to shed light on the association between Domestic Investment (DI) and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in interlinking Chinese cities in a space of flows. The empirical analysis is based on 2743 FDI and 9315 DI projects covering 77 Chinese cities. We address the question of what the association is between DI network measures and city attractiveness for FDI, and if…
Undercurrents in the world economy
Foreign direct investment (FDI) to the global South has increased, but very little research has gone into analysing the diverse FDI flows between unequally related groups of countries. This paper contributes by investigating (a) the distribution of global FDI into and between semi‐peripheral and peripheral countries in the global South (2006–2014), and (b) the country location factors of FDI in these two regions. We introduce a distinction betwee…
Economics (10 works) · Economic geography (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Foreign direct investment (4 works) · International Business and FDI (4 works) · International trade (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)