His interpretation of the problems of Sudan was that it was not a north-south problem but a center-periphery problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Success or Failure] Reference

While everyone talks about the global nature of business today, companies on the whole still operate from a "center-periphery" perspective.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuck In The Middle] Reference

He particularly criticized classical diffusion theory which he called a “center-periphery model” because of its assumption that innovations should originate from a centralized source and then diffuse to users.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diffusion of Innovations] Reference

It must ensure that Asian demand for raw materials does not trap it in a new center-periphery trading relationship and should take advantage of economic growth in Asia to diversify into new, higher value-added exports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latin American Trade Rebounds] Reference

For now, this center-periphery dependence is critical to understanding why we will likely have another major bout of risk aversion i.e. money running for the hills from risky asset classes and into safe havens like deep Western capital markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [IBTimes.com RSS Feed] Reference