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1. 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...

   To Be Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. 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