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HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

THE TERRITORIALIZATION OF ANGOLA'S REAL ESTATE FRONTIER: How Private‐led Housing Developments are Reshaping the Outskirts of Luanda

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Ocular Injury in Korea: Epidemiological Analysis and Risk Assessment Based on Nationwide Emergency Department Data (2016-2022). [PDF]

J Korean Med Sci
Lee KS, Min HS, Moon J, Kim YT.
europepmc   +1 more source

CLAIMING SOCIAL HOUSING FUTURES: Value, Risk and the Temporal Politics of Income Strip Financing in London

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
wiley   +1 more source

Health Insurance and Trauma Outcomes: The Impact of Coverage on Survival and Recovery in Craniomaxillofacial Injuries. [PDF]

Cureus
Bresciani D, Pomales Díaz G, Yordan Fernandez N, Morales Carrasquillo D, Negron Rodriguez CG, Cotto J, Balasquide OS, López GS, Carrero Agron AJ, Berríos Cordero JC, Barreto Hollady L, Acevedo Muñiz A, López Vega C, Ramos-Sánchez RY, Rivera Barrios A.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of an enhanced sobriety checkpoints programme and publicity campaign on motor vehicle collisions, injuries and deaths in Leon, MX: a synthetic control study. [PDF]

Inj Prev
Quistberg DA, Perez-Ferrer C, Bilal U, Rodriguez Hernandez JL, Ramírez-Toscano Y, Cardenas Cardenas LM, Junquera-Badilla I, Yamada G, Barrientos-Gutierrez T, Diez Roux AV.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

That's Not Fair! Navigating the Duality of Fairness in Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insurance serves as a social good, providing financial protection against disasters whilst operating within a profit‐driven market. This dual role highlights the complex intersection of social and commercial interests, raising a fairness puzzle often portrayed as a trade‐off between solidarity and actuarial fairness.
Konstantinos Chalkias, Paula Jarzabkowski, Mustafa Kavas, Elisabeth Krull   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional partitioning through competitive learning. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Tacke M, Busch M, Linka K, Cyron C, Aydin R.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

(Dis)trust in Digital Insurance: How Datafied Practices Shift Uncertainties and Reconfigure Trust Relations

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trust is both a prerequisite and a product of insurance, as insurance contracts are built on and create trust relations that enable a risk‐averse perspective towards the future. At the same time, insurer‐policyholder relationships are characterised by a persistent distrust, rooted in insurance economics and industry reputation. In this article,
Maiju Tanninen, Gert Meyers
wiley   +1 more source