1st Edition
The Globalization of Advertising Agencies, Cities and Spaces of Creativity
Part 1: Situating Global Advertising Agencies and Cities 1. Introduction 2. The Global Advertising Agency 3. Cities and the Grounding of Global Advertising Work Part 2: Geographies of Advertising Work in the Twenty First Century 4. Cities and Advertising Globalization: New York, Los Angeles and Detroit in a Global Perspective 5. Agencies and Advertising Globalization: Coordinating Interactions with Clients and Consumers Part 3: Agency – City Relationships in Advertising Globalization 6. New York City: From Centre of Global Advertising to a Global Advertising Centre 7. Los Angeles: A Paradoxically ‘local’ Creative City 8. Detroit: Market Change and A City Falling Outside of the Global Space Economy 9. Coda: Agencies, Cities and Recession 10. Conclusions: Advertising Agencies and Cities in the Space Economy
Biography
James R. Faulconbridge is a Senior Lecturer in Economic Geography at Lancaster University, UK. His work examines the globalization of professional/business services and the management of learning and knowledge within firms.
Jon V. Beaverstock is Professor of Economic Geography at the University of Nottingham, UK. His research investigates the globalization of financial and professional services, world cities and highly-skilled migration.
Corinne Nativel is a Lecturer in English and Economic Geography at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon, France and a member of the CREW (Centre for Research on the English Speaking World) at the University of Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle. Her research explores the relationships between urban labour and welfare restructuring.
Peter J. Taylor FBA is Director of Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) and Professor of Geography at Loughborough University, UK. His current research centres on the meaning of cities, historically and in contemporary globalization.
