Buzz and pipelines: Knowledge and decision-making in a global business services precinct

Ville, S; Wright, C

Buzz and pipelines: Knowledge and decision-making in a global business services precinct

Ville, S Wright, C

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Publisher:: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Urban History, 2019, 45, (2), pp. 191-210
Issue Date:: 2019-03-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ville, S
dc.contributor.author	Wright, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4215-4169
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-29T03:40:29Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-29T03:40:29Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Urban History, 2019, 45, (2), pp. 191-210
dc.identifier.issn	0096-1442
dc.identifier.issn	1552-6771
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162168
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides a historical analysis of an urban services district through its examination of the Melbourne wool trade precinct in the 1920s. It is a study of both a local and global community whose social and spatial interaction facilitated large-scale trade of a complex commodity that has rarely been examined. Geographic mapping of the local and global connections of the precinct has been combined with archival evidence. It reveals the “buzz” of the Melbourne precinct, created by local social and professional connections among wool brokers and buyers. “Pipelines” to wool growing and textile regions were developed through overseas branches of firms, with global knowledge exchanged through correspondence, telegraph, and migration. These features shaped the progress of the trade, facilitating improvements in its infrastructure and in the ability of Melbourne’s wool brokers and buyers to fulfill their role as intermediaries in the global supply chain for this complex commodity.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Urban History
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0096144218765456
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1205 Urban and Regional Planning, 2103 Historical Studies
dc.subject.classification	History
dc.title	Buzz and pipelines: Knowledge and decision-making in a global business services precinct
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	45
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning
utslib.for	2103 Historical Studies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Management Discipline
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dc.date.updated	2022-09-29T03:40:19Z
pubs.issue	2
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	45
utslib.citation.issue	2

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This paper provides a historical analysis of an urban services district through its examination of the Melbourne wool trade precinct in the 1920s. It is a study of both a local and global community whose social and spatial interaction facilitated large-scale trade of a complex commodity that has rarely been examined. Geographic mapping of the local and global connections of the precinct has been combined with archival evidence. It reveals the “buzz” of the Melbourne precinct, created by local social and professional connections among wool brokers and buyers. “Pipelines” to wool growing and textile regions were developed through overseas branches of firms, with global knowledge exchanged through correspondence, telegraph, and migration. These features shaped the progress of the trade, facilitating improvements in its infrastructure and in the ability of Melbourne’s wool brokers and buyers to fulfill their role as intermediaries in the global supply chain for this complex commodity.

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