![]() ![]() It is more usefully defined at the regional level by the presence of differential earnings functions rather than simply by different proportions of primary and secondary labour. To be useful, segmentation theory as such has to be very carefully separated from the simple notions of segmentation as differentiation. Multinational enterprise (MNE) location decisions are central to international business (IB) scholarship and research shows that global cities are key MNE. In reviewing the literature I have not only uncovered considerable ambiguity in the definition of key concepts, but also the lack of any systematic discussion of the problems involved in using segmentation theory to understand labour markets at the subnational level. I argue that if we are to make progress in articulating the connection between segmentation theory and the operation of local labour markets, then we need to be more rigorous in our conceptual distinction between ’local’, ’regional’ and ’spatial’ labour markets, and to state as unambiguously as possible the ways in which our understanding of labour markets in their geographic context is likely to be enhanced by the application of segmentation theory. Perspective of a Global City Advanced producer services production node: This is basically Sassens original definition. ![]()
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