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Questioning polycentric development and its effects: issues of definition and measurement for the Italian NUTS 2 Regions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Polycentric development is a widely-used term both in academic research and in the normative agenda. However, its theoretical foundations and economic implications are still unknown and the concept of polycentricity still does not have a shared ...
Veneri, Paolo, Burgalassi, David
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Make Social Media Social Again: How Platform Interoperability Can Fix Social Media and Future‐Proof Democracy

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay argues that social media document (rather than fuel) the decline of political democracy while helping revive organizational democracy, including through ‘decentralized autonomous organizations’ (DAOs). Yet, despite giving everyone a voice and the ability to organize across borders, social media could over‐concentrate power if, in ...
J.P. Vergne
wiley   +1 more source

Business premises of Helsinki metropolitan region as embodiment of location theories and polycentricity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Yritystoiminnan sijoittuminen kaupunkiympäristössä on riippuvainen monesta tekijästä. Maantieteellisessä tutkimuksessa on pyritty löytämään näiden tekijöiden kesken vallitsevia säännönmukaisuuksia, joita voidaan soveltaa todelliseen kaupunkiympäristöön ...
Lappalainen, Jouko
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Understanding and Addressing the Disruptive Impacts of Contemporary Climate Crises

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Contemporary climate crises, such as wildfires, droughts, floods, and tropical storms, are increasing in frequency, intensity, scale, and duration. Organization and management scholars have been calling for more systematic study of the impacts of this increasing complexity on extant crisis governance arrangements and capacities for ...
Jaco Fourie   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Cost of Convenience: A Hedonic Approach to Travel Time Valuation and Cost‐Benefit Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a novel revealed‐preference approach to estimating the value of travel time (VTT) and calculating consumer surplus for the economic evaluation of transport infrastructure. Departing from traditional stated‐preference models, we derive time valuations by linking residential rental transactions in Greater Sydney to employment
Isaac Mann, David M. Levinson
wiley   +1 more source

Polycentricity

open access: yes, 2010
This paper uses commuting flows to investigate the development of polycentricity in the Veneto region between 1991 and 2001, which is located in the North-East of Italy.
Bruijsten, J.W.
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Kinetochore size correlates with chromosome size in Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum kochii Parl., Asparagaceae)

open access: yesPlant Biology, EarlyView.
Cytogenetic quantification of KNL1‐labelled kinetochores in Ornithogalum kochii reveals a significant positive scaling relationship between chromosome size and kinetochore size, demonstrating that chromosome–kinetochore scaling operates even across moderate intra‐karyotype size variation.
K. Panda, M. Hroneš, F. Zedek
wiley   +1 more source

Unpacking Resilience in Public Administration: Insights From a Meta‐Narrative Review

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increasing environmental complexity and uncertainty have made organizational resilience a key concern in public administration. Yet its inherent ambiguity calls for a systematic examination of its conceptualizations, operationalizations, and applications. This meta‐narrative review synthesizes 49 studies, advancing the discourse by identifying
Jixiang Li, Shui‐Yan Tang, Bo Wen
wiley   +1 more source

Sea‐Level Rise Adaptation and Collaboration in Polycentric Governance: A Comparison of Three Regions

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adaptation to sea‐level rise confronts coastal communities worldwide with a new set of collective action problems that require collaboration. When does collaboration result in concrete action for adaptation? To address this question, we combine the Ecology of Games and Collaborative Governance frameworks using a comparative analysis of three ...
Francesca Vantaggiato   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monocentric and Polycentric Density Functions and Their Required Commutes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This paper examines the relationship between urban structure and commuting behavior. Analyzing the 1980 journey-to-work data for the Los Angeles region, this paper has shown that polycentric density functions fit the actual urban structure better than the conventional monocentric model.
openaire   +1 more source

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