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

open access: yesInternational 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

open access: yesInternational 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

Alternative Insurance in place of Commercial Insurance :Applicated Jurisprudent Study on Insurance for Cars.

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Studies, 2008
This research studies - ii short -the judgement of the commercial insurance in the Islamic law to come to an acceptable view . It also offers substitutions for it These substitutions were met with criticism before . It studies an alternative form for commercial insurance known, in contracts of insurance generally according to legal rules so that a ...
openaire   +1 more source

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

open access: yesInternational 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

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

open access: yesThe 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

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