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Making space for markets in economic geography (2012)
Journal Article
Hall, S. (2012). Making space for markets in economic geography. Dialogues in Human Geography, 2(2), 142-145. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820612449311

In this commentary, I respond to Peck's (2012) call to position markets as central conceptual, methodological and political research objects within economic geography. In particular, I suggest that cultural economy work on market devices and market a... Read More about Making space for markets in economic geography.

Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy' (2012)
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Hall, S. (2013). Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy'. Progress in Human Geography, 37(2), 285-292. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132512443488

This report focuses on the intersection between finance and the 'real economy'. I begin by examining how political economy approaches to money and the wider financialization literature reveal the entangled relationship between finance and broader eco... Read More about Geographies of money and finance III: Financial circuits and the 'real economy'.

Servicing the super-rich: new financial elites and the rise of the private wealth management retail ecology (2011)
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Beaverstock, J. V., Hall, S., & Wainwright, T. (2011). Servicing the super-rich: new financial elites and the rise of the private wealth management retail ecology. Regional Studies, 47(6), https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2011.587795

The ways in which individuals' everyday lives have become increasingly tied into the international financial system has become a widely studied dimension of research on financialization. However, the ways in which financial elites consume financial s... Read More about Servicing the super-rich: new financial elites and the rise of the private wealth management retail ecology.

Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search (2011)
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Muzio, D., Hodgson, D., Faulconbridge, J., Beaverstock, J., & Hall, S. (2011). Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search. Current Sociology, 59(4), 443-464. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392111402587

This article explores patterns of professionalization in a number of 'new' knowledge-based occupations: management consultancy, project management and executive headhunters. Against a general assumption in the literature that such occupations are unw... Read More about Towards corporate professionalization: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search.

Trans-local academic credentials and the (re)production of financial elites (2011)
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Hall, S., & Appleyard, L. (2011). Trans-local academic credentials and the (re)production of financial elites. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 9(2), 247-264. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2011.577177

This paper examines the ways in which credentials from a range of education providers are used to (re)produce transnational financial elites in London's international financial district. Extant research has examined the long-standing relationship bet... Read More about Trans-local academic credentials and the (re)production of financial elites.

Geographies of money and finance II: Financialization and financial subjects (2011)
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Hall, S. (2012). Geographies of money and finance II: Financialization and financial subjects. Progress in Human Geography, 36(3), 403-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132511403889

In this report, I examine the growing interest in financial subjects within economic geography and the wider social sciences. I begin by locating this literature within work on financialization and earlier geographical research on money and finance.... Read More about Geographies of money and finance II: Financialization and financial subjects.

Commoditising Learning: Cultural Economy and the Growth of for-Profit Business Education Service Firms in London (2011)
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Hall, S., & Appleyard, L. (2011). Commoditising Learning: Cultural Economy and the Growth of for-Profit Business Education Service Firms in London. Environment and Planning A, 43(1), 10-27. https://doi.org/10.1068/a42488

ndividuals working in graduate labour markets are increasingly expected to enhance their employability and career progression by undertaking lifelong education and learning within the workplace. Research has examined how graduates navigate this dynam... Read More about Commoditising Learning: Cultural Economy and the Growth of for-Profit Business Education Service Firms in London.

Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks (2010)
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Hall, S. (2011). Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks. Global Networks, 11(1), 118-138. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00310.x

Research on elite, transnational networks has identified social and cultural capital associated with particular academic credentials as being an important element in network formation. How and why such networks are reproduced after graduation, howeve... Read More about Educational ties, social capital and the translocal (re)production of MBA alumni networks.

Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe (2010)
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Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. J. (2010). Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography, 10(6), 825-843. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbp058

There is a longstanding interest in the 'production of markets' and the various political-and cultural-economic strategies associated with demand-creation. This article shows how the professions, because of their central role in contemporary economy,... Read More about Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe.

Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place (2010)
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Hall, S. (2011). Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place. Progress in Human Geography, 35(2), 234-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132510370277

In this report, I review the intersection between cultural economy and economic geography research on money and finance. To date, economic geographers have engaged most extensively with cultural economy work on the calculative practices that (re)prod... Read More about Geographies of money and finance I: Cultural economy, politics and place.

Organisational geographies of power: Introduction to special issue (2009)
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Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. (2009). Organisational geographies of power: Introduction to special issue. Geoforum, 40(5), 785-789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.09.003

This paper introduces the special issue 'organisational geographies of power' by examining the theoretical and empirical context for debates. It does this, firstly, with reference to existing theoretical work on what power is and does as well as work... Read More about Organisational geographies of power: Introduction to special issue.

'City of London, City of Learning'? Placing business education within the geographies of finance (2009)
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Hall, S., & Appleyard, L. (2009). 'City of London, City of Learning'? Placing business education within the geographies of finance. Journal of Economic Geography, 9(5), 597-617. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbp026

The role of highly skilled financiers in shaping the spatialities of financial systems has been widely studied by social scientists. However, comparatively less attention has been paid to the growing use of business education to (re)produce 'highly s... Read More about 'City of London, City of Learning'? Placing business education within the geographies of finance.

Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting (2009)
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Hall, S., Beaverstock, J. V., Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hewitson, A. (2009). Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting. Global Networks, 9(3), 399-419. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00260.x

Understanding the internationalization of professional services like advertising, architecture, accounting, consulting and legal services continues to attract considerable attention in academic and policy circles. Research in geography and management... Read More about Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic individuals' and 'brand leaders' in the globalization of headhunting.

The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets (2009)
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Faulconbridge, J. R., Beaverstock, J. V., Hall, S., & Hewitson, A. (2009). The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets. Geoforum, 40(5), 800-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.02.001

Recent years have been characterised by the increasing encroachment into policy and academic debates of discourses describing knowledge and weightless economies and an associated 'war for talent'. In this paper we argue that these current discourses... Read More about The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets.

Ecologies of business education and the geographies of knowledge (2009)
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Hall, S. (2009). Ecologies of business education and the geographies of knowledge. Progress in Human Geography, 33(5), 599-618. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132509103154

The identification in political and corporate circles of business education as a means of (re)producing highly skilled economic elites has been reflected by growing academic interest in the sector. However, this research predominately studies busines... Read More about Ecologies of business education and the geographies of knowledge.

Educating Professionals and Professional Education in a Geographical Context (2008)
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Faulconbridge, J. R., & Hall, S. (2009). Educating Professionals and Professional Education in a Geographical Context. Geography Compass, 3(1), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00176.x

Economic geography has a well-established tradition of studying a range of professional service firms (PSFs), including law, advertising, architecture, accountancy, management consultancy and banking. Within this literature, considerable attention ha... Read More about Educating Professionals and Professional Education in a Geographical Context.

New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms (2008)
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Faulconbridge, J. R., Hall, S. J., & Beaverstock, J. V. (2008). New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms. Environment and Planning A, 40(1), 210-234. https://doi.org/10.1068/a3924

This paper uses the exemplar of global headhunting firms to provide new insights into the intricacies of internationalization and related 'spatial economies' of producer services in the world economy. In particular, we unpack the complex relationship... Read More about New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms.

Geographies of business education: MBA programmes, reflexive business schools and the cultural circuit of capital (2007)
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Hall, S. (2008). Geographies of business education: MBA programmes, reflexive business schools and the cultural circuit of capital. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 33(1), 27-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00288.x

MBA programmes and the business schools that teach them have been identified by geographers and social scientists as central actors in the dissemination of economic and management theories into practice through concepts such as the cultural circuit o... Read More about Geographies of business education: MBA programmes, reflexive business schools and the cultural circuit of capital.

‘Relational Marketplaces’ and the Rise of Boutiques in London's Corporate Finance Industry (2007)
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Hall, S. (2007). ‘Relational Marketplaces’ and the Rise of Boutiques in London's Corporate Finance Industry. Environment and Planning A, 39(8), 1838-1854. https://doi.org/10.1068/a38233

In this paper I examine the rise of corporate finance boutiques in London's financial district from the early 2000s onwards. These small firms, typically employing no more than 25 people, specialise in a single corporate finance client sector (such a... Read More about ‘Relational Marketplaces’ and the Rise of Boutiques in London's Corporate Finance Industry.

Knowledge makes the money go round: Conflicts of interest and corporate finance in London's financial district (2007)
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Hall, S. (2007). Knowledge makes the money go round: Conflicts of interest and corporate finance in London's financial district. Geoforum, 38(4), 710-719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.11.023

This paper argues that the conflicts of interest cases brought against Wall Street investment banks in the early 2000s were neither geographically nor institutionally isolated events. Rather, by combining recent work on financial knowledges in both e... Read More about Knowledge makes the money go round: Conflicts of interest and corporate finance in London's financial district.