ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests some advances in the study of global city geoeconomics as the role of the international corporate sector has not yet been heavily covered in the existing literature. The emphasis is put on the regional and international linkages of global cities. They are an object of research interest in various disciplines such as geography and urban studies, history, economics, sociology, politics, and more recently entrepreneurship and management. Another focus is to envisage global cities in terms of their linkages to other cities. Internationalization of firms has been studied across different research domains such as strategic management, entrepreneurship, international business, organizational theory and small business economics. It has been recognized that Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) growth is essential for any national economy as SMEs are responsible for the vast majority of existing firms, jobs and income creation both in industrialized and developing countries.
