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Urban Economics and Entrepreneurship [PDF]

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Research on entrepreneurship often examines the local dimensions of new business formation. The local environment influences the choices of entrepreneurs; entrepreneurial success influences the local economy.
William C. Strange   +2 more
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Critical Success Factors for Enhancing the Circular Economy Performance of Last‐Mile Cold Chain Logistics Packaging for Urban Agricultural Products

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With the increasing demand for high‐quality agricultural products, the agricultural cold‐chain logistics packaging (ACLP) industry faces significant environmental pressure and circular economy issues. This study analyzes the critical success factors (CSFs) that would enhance ACLP circular economy performance (CEP). The adversarial interpretive
Miao Su   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of Sim City in learning urban Geography

open access: yesDiversitas Journal
With the ever-evolving landscape of education, integration of mobile games into classroom instruction has been remarkable. However, with the advancement of technology, newly developed mobile apps are needed to be evaluated before they can be fully utilized in the teaching-learning process.
openaire   +2 more sources

Urban industrial relocation: The theory of edge cities [PDF]

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In recent years urban economists have focused their attention upon a 'newly recognized' phenomenon: edge cities. Such an urban growth pattern, although having its primary roots in the United States, can be an appropriate framework for examining European ...
Francesca Medda   +2 more
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What is the value of 'urban agility': an investigation into the rhetoric and reality of urban adaptation in England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Post industrial cities have recently seen an exponential increase in vacant and underutilised land and property. In response, this article introduces the principles of ‘urban agility' (and its method: adaptive re-use) which is a heuristic concept that ...
Muldoon-Smith, Kevin, Greenhalgh, Paul
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Shaping Energy Transitions: Sectoral Demand, Climate Risk Exposure, and Renewable Pathways in Sub‐Saharan Africa

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do rent-seeking and interregional transfers contribute to urban primacy in sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF]

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We develop an economic geography model where mobile skilled workers choose to either work in a production sector or to become part of an unproductive elite.
Alain Pholo Bala, Kristian Behrens
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Heritage Conservation in Chinese Colonial Port Cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Heritage is a social construct: it is the way contemporary society relates to its past, and transforms the past for current experiences. Heritage is the product of contemporary political, social and economic requirements from different stakeholders ...
Zang, Xiaolin   +2 more
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A Decision‐Making Model for Implementing Green Technology in Sustainable Building Projects

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Green technology (GT) adoption is pivotal for reconciling environmental stewardship with economic viability in the built environment, particularly in resource‐constrained emerging economies. However, empirical evidence on how specific GT drivers actively mitigate adoption barriers remains scarce.
Abdelazim Ibrahim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Development in the United States, 1690-1990 [PDF]

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The United States transformed itself from a rural to an urban society over the last three centuries. After a century of unremarkable growth, the pace of urbanization was historically unprecedented between the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Sukkoo Kim
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