Major Control Points in American Economic Geography∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Borchert (University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 214-232 |
| Publication date | 1978-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1978.tb01192.x |
| OpenAlex | W2151254876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 6 |
The headquarters locations of large, private business organizations in the United States have changed greatly during the past half-century. Technology, resources, accessibility, and legacy have imposed pervasive constraints upon entrepreneurs. Those constraints, in turn, have given a general order to the pattern. Variety of entrepreneurial talents and fortunes, meanwhile, has produced much variability around the general trends. Entrepreneurship, instability, inertia, and drive for security appear to have been essential, simultaneous processes reflected in the changing maps of headquarters
American west · Control (management) · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Entrepreneurship · Ethnology · Geography · Inertia · Management · Order (exchange) · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Finance · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Mathematics
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Technology-Sensitive Urban Typology
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Geographic Deregulation of the U.S. Banking Industry and Spatial Transfers of Corporate Control
Selective Urban Redevelopment
Foreign Direct Investment in U.S. Metropolitan Areas, 1979-1983
Geographical Patterns of Interstate Banking
A Functional Classification of Management Centers of the United States
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The Spatial Evolution of Corporate Headquarters Within an Urban System
The Wealth of the Nation
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Location and agglomeration of headquarters of publicly listed firms within China’s urban system
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Knowledge, influence, and firm-level change
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Dynamics of the U.S. System of Cities, 1950 to 1980
The Shifting Geography of Corporate Headquarters in Australia
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Labour and control shifts
Planning theory and planning practice
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City System Behaviour and Corporate Influence
Producer Services Trade in City Systems
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The changing spatial concentration of large company ownership and control in Australia 1953–1978
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Corporate Spatial Links With Financial Institutions
Spatial Variations in Australian Enterprise
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| Unique citing works | 60 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,28 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2022 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 55 |