Redefining Global Cities (Jesus Leal Trujillo, Joseph Parilla, Brookings)

The world’s largest metropolitan areas concentrate the drivers of global prosperity, but there isn’t one way to be a global city—this report defines seven types of global cities, providing a valuable lens through which to understand an evolving global economy.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/redefining-global-cities/

Export Monitor 2016: Large metro areas expand exports amid national decline (Nick Marchio, Joseph Parilla, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/2016/09/08/export-monitor-2016-large-metro-areas-expand-exports-amid-national-decline/

Global Santiago: Profiling the metropolitan region's international competitiveness and connections (Jesus Leal Trujillo, Joseph Parilla, Slaven Razmilic, Brookings)

Over the past two decades, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, like all of Chile, has emerged on the global stage. Accounting for nearly half of the nation’s GDP, Santiago contains a significant set of economic assets—an increasingly well-educated workforce, major universities, and a stable of large global companies and budding start-ups.

http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2016/04/13-global-santiago-trujillo-parilla-razmilic

How to boost startups if you’re not San Francisco (Scott Andes, Jesus Leal Trujillo, Nico Marchio, Brookings)

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2016/02/02-boost-startups-andes-trujillo-marchio