{ "docId": "019dd923-5ca1-7489-b637-e22de37201f0", "docSlug": "dea0bd0c633cad02", "documentTitle": "Distributed Geography 2023 Global Cities", "authorId": "Kearney", "authorName": "Kearney", "documentKindSlug": "consulting-deck", "documentKindLabel": "Consulting deck", "sourceTypeSlug": "strategy_consulting", "sourceTypeLabel": "Strategy consulting", "presentationDate": null, "orientation": "portrait", "aspectRatio": 0.678, "pageNumber": 3, "pageCount": 30, "prevPage": 2, "nextPage": 4, "slideType": "executive_summary", "function": "summarize", "density": "dense", "nDataPoints": 0, "notes": null, "elementsJson": [ "headline_text", "paragraph", "callout_box" ], "metadataConfidence": 1, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b637-e22de37201f0/3", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b637-e22de37201f0", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b637-e22de37201f0.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-5ca1-7489-b637-e22de37201f0#slide-3", "components": [ { "bbox": { "h": 0.25, "w": 0.4, "x": 0.5, "y": 0.53 }, "kind": "callout", "text": "Global cities are defined by their exceptional international connectivity. They are microcosms of the dynamics that shape our world.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "primary", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "5afda844-9b54-489d-97d8-e9b4060f8f3a", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.4, "x": 0.05, "y": 0.65 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "The world has entered a phase of globalization that is less uniform and more networked. It is one in which the patterns of trade and value chain formation have grown more adaptive in response to rising geopolitical and economic volatility. In that context, global cities are indispensable nodes of flexible connectivity and concentrated global diversity. In this, therefore, they represent strategic optionality for business.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "bc30b37d-cb37-4635-9970-2079b0308e05", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.15, "w": 0.4, "x": 0.5, "y": 0.29 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "This recognition of the unique role of global cities—and of their utility as a unit of analysis in shaping our world—is the impetus for Kearney's annual Global Cities Report, which was designed in collaboration with leading academic and business advisors from around the world. 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