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Well, I still defend it mostly because this list didn't came out of nowhere (Loughborough University in England) and it's often used in intellectual circles and even taken into account by multinational corporations when deciding where to open regional offices or even where to move their headquarters.
That a list is 'discounted' on an internet forum doesn't make the list illegitimate. If anything, it means certain people don't know what the list is about despite that the source is linked and its all explained there. lol
I understand it's a lot of reading, but if anyone is truly interested in understanding the list then that shouldn't be a problem.
Anyway, the list is going to be updated soon and it will be posted in this very thread for the sake of comparison with the other lists already presented in the OP.
That's why Google chose Belo Horizonte, and BrasÃlia has the highest GDP per capta in South America. It seems that this list is very considered...
What are you talking about? Belo Horizonte isn't even in the 2016 list! Neither is Brasilia. In fact Asuncion, Paraguay; Tijuana, Mexico and Managua, Nicaragua are all way economically more powerful and influential than both Brasilia and Belo Horizonte according to this list.
Actually you're right on second thought this list is very considered. Managua and Tegucigalpa are of course way better and more economically powerful/influential than most Brazilian cities, especially the capital.
What are you talking about? Belo Horizonte isn't even in the 2016 list! Neither is Brasilia. In fact Asuncion, Paraguay; Tijuana, Mexico and Managua, Nicaragua are all way economically more powerful and influential than both Brasilia and Belo Horizonte according to this list.
Actually you're right on second thought this list is very considered. Managua and Tegucigalpa are of course way better and more economically powerful/influential than most Brazilian cities, especially the capital.
But companies in Belo Horizonte or Brasilia are in most cases branchies of a headquaters in Sao Paulo.
In Assuncion or Managua the few are all national headquaters.
In the case of Tijuana many US’s assemblers being the unique factory of the company in Mexico are also the national headquaters in Mexico.
it is useful for example in the case of Brazil the average Joe in whole world thinks Rio de Janeiro or Brasilia are the financial center of the country but the executives checking it will understand that it is in São Paulo, so do for other countries.
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But companies in Belo Horizonte or Brasilia are in most cases branchies of a headquaters in Sao Paulo.
In Assuncion or Managua the few are all national headquaters.
In the case of Tijuana many US’s assemblers being the unique factory of the company in Mexico are also the national headquaters in Mexico.
it is useful for example in the case of Brazil the average Joe in whole world thinks Rio de Janeiro or Brasilia are the financial center of the country but the executives checking it will understand that it is in São Paulo, so do for other countries.
If that's the parameters in which they measure a cities economic power then its completely skewed and ends up being a bit of a joke. As if those so called HQ's in smaller countries don't answer to the regional or main offices, most probably in Mexico or US itself. You think they have that much autonomy considering their tiny market? No.
Even the national branches as you say would have more economic clout, Minas Gerais, a $150 billion dollar economy is more than 3 x bigger than Nicaragua and Paraguay put together. Tijuana I can just about understand but Tegucigalpa? Really?
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