World cities before globalisation: the European city network, A.D. 1300–1600. Appendices 2 & 3.

Appendices to doctoral thesis. Appendix II: Data fiches (pdf) &amp; Appendix III: Business value matrix (excel spreadsheet).<br>Abstract:This dissertation is a quantitative study of the spatial business strategies of 130 late medieval and 16th-century European commercial and banking firms, the business networks of which have been put together for a structural analysis of the European city network between ca. 1300 and ca. 1600. Concretely this investigation has been carried out through the application of an interlocking network model – specifically developed for the study of the present-day global city network produced by the office networks of business service firms – to this historical case study, in order to challenge predominantly hierarchical conceptualisations of city networks which are often influenced by central place theory. After a methodological section, in which solutions are designed for reconciling the geographical model with the particularities of historical research, a first part of the analysis focuses on agency within the network, identifying and reconstructing the multiple spatial strategies used by the different agents. In a second part the overall structure and dynamics in the network are investigated, revealing the operation of Christaller’s traffic principle, as well as a cyclical variation in emphasis on continental and maritime nodes within the European city network. More generally, this study demonstrates that the functioning of dynamic transnational networks based upon complementarity and cooperation rather than competition is not limited to our contemporary globalised world, but can also be found in particular historical societies.<br>

博士学位论文附录。附录二：数据明细单（PDF）与附录三：商业价值矩阵（Excel电子表格）。
摘要：本学位论文为一项定量研究，聚焦130家中世纪晚期至16世纪欧洲商业与银行企业的空间经营战略，其所构建的商业网络被用于开展约1300年至约1600年间欧洲城市网络的结构分析。
具体而言，本研究通过引入连锁网络模型（interlocking network model）开展实证分析——该模型最初专为探究由商务服务企业办公网络所构建的当代全球城市网络而开发——以此对主流的层级式城市网络概念框架提出挑战，此类框架多受中心地理论（central place theory）影响。
在方法论章节中，研究针对地理模型与历史研究的特殊性之间的适配问题设计了解决方案；在此之后，第一部分分析聚焦网络内的行动主体，识别并重构了不同主体所采用的多元空间经营策略。
第二部分则对网络的整体结构与动态演化展开研究，揭示了克里斯塔勒（Christaller）交通原则的运行逻辑，同时发现欧洲城市网络中，大陆节点与海运节点的权重呈现周期性波动变化。
从更宏观的视角来看，本研究证实：以互补与合作而非竞争为核心的动态跨国网络，其运行逻辑并非仅限于当代全球化世界，同样可见于特定的历史社会形态中。