Oliver Wyman analysis shows that Asia is becoming a new global growth center, with cities like Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai dominating business development over the next decade. This fundamental shift in the competitive landscape of cities reflects the long-term reshaping of the economic center of gravity moving eastward, infrastructure advantages, and innovation ecosystems.
Based on Oliver Wyman's comprehensive ranking analysis of 1,500 cities worldwide, Asian cities are rising across the board in business vitality, technological innovation, and connectivity, while traditional Western powerhouses face fierce competition. Emerging Asian cities, particularly mid-sized cities in China and India, are becoming new engines of global investment and economic growth.
The budget deficit debate in Chicago reveals the structural predicament of America's older cities in the face of global competition. This article analyzes from a long-term strategic perspective why traditional spending cuts and tax increases have become ineffective, and why the "growth-first" policy has become the key to urban competitiveness.
Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating the transformation of traditional industrial parks into eco-industrial parks, embedding industrial symbiosis and green technologies into global sustainable supply chains. This is not only an industrial upgrade but also represents a strategic leap of Global South cities within the global urban system.
Based on a systematic review of 630 papers, this study reveals the structural shortcomings of the social-ecological system framework in neglecting spatial dynamics under urbanization and proposes a social-ecological-spatial system framework to reshape the analytical foundation of urban sustainability science.
China's Shenzhen and Shanghai are competing to become the center of the eVTOL industry, which is not only a technological competition but also a microcosm of urban strategy, national industrial policy, and the restructuring of the global city system. This article analyzes, from the perspective of global city research, how the two cities reshape urban power structures, infrastructure competition, and the logic of urban agglomeration development through the low-altitude economy.
This paper analyzes the fundamental reasons why industry media exposure cannot be transformed into influence from the perspectives of urban information systems and industrial communication structures, and proposes a new communication framework that shifts from "exposure logic" to "cognitive path."
Ho Chi Minh City is reshaping its role in the Southeast Asian urban network through the reorganization of industrial parks and regional integration. This is not only industrial upgrading but also a microcosm of urban strategy in the post-globalization era.
Ho Chi Minh City is leaping from a low-end manufacturing node to a regional supply chain command center through industrial park restructuring, regional consolidation, and institutional innovation. This strategic transformation reflects a profound shift in global urban competition from single-point advantages to ecosystem competition, and also provides a new paradigm for Global South cities to participate in supply chain reconfiguration.
The case of Barcelona reveals a paradigm shift in global cities from chasing tourist numbers to building a visitor economy. Traditional economic indicators are becoming obsolete, and new urban competitiveness depends on ecological balance, resident well-being, and governance innovation.
Hong Kong's rise to second place in the IMD Global Competitiveness Ranking not only marks its best performance in seven years but also reflects the structural advantages and resilience of Asian city-state economies in the global competitive landscape.
Based on Kenya's circular economy research, this study explores how ecosystem positioning and strategic collaboration surpass business model innovation to become the key to sustainable competitive advantage, providing insights for global urban strategies.