Spatial changes in the command and control function of cities based on the corporate centre of gravity model

• Authors: Piotr Raźniak , Sławomir Dorocki , Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to discuss changes in the spatial distribution of cities that perform the command and control function created by the largest corporations, based on the method of gravity centres. The analysis was performed both for individual sectors of the economy as well as for the global scale. A shift occurred in an easterly direction. This also pertains to sector indices, although the centroids of knowledge-based sectors, such as information technology and healthcare, shifted the most in the direction of Asia. At the same time, information technology was the only sector whose centroid shifted to the west in the study period. Moreover, the magnitude of the shift of the centre of gravity of the number of corporate headquarters in the studied cities does not converge to the shift of the centroid based on the value of the financial potential of the companies.

Keywords

EN

Command and control function; corporate financials; gravity model; headquarters

• Publisher: Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 35-41

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Piotr Raźniak

• Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

author

Sławomir Dorocki

• Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

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Anna Winiarczyk-Raźniak

• Institute of Geography, Pedagogical University of Krakow, Krakow, Poland

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