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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 7, Page 1477-1492, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Small resource‐based communities across Canada are experiencing rapid change within a volatile, fluctuating global economy. As communities seek to diversify their economies, they are enduring complex provincial and federal neoliberal policy environments that offer fewer funding resources while offloading more responsibilities onto local ...
Laura Ryser +4 more
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Asian Politics &Policy, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 369-389, July 2023., 2023 Abstract Many documented cases of policy transfer in Asia involve small and medium enterprises as well as public enterprises but little is known about how and why these local private actors participate in transnational policy transfer networks. We propose a relational view of policy transfer to examine how agency is exercised in these kinds of transfer
Kidjie Saguin, Kritika Sha
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Beyond the flying geese? New patterns, actors, and contestations of policy transfer in East Asia
Asian Politics &Policy, Volume 15, Issue 3, Page 353-368, July 2023., 2023 Abstract East Asian policy transfer and diffusion is conceived as following a “flying geese” model but transformations in the region challenged this hierarchical leader‐follower relationship between countries. Based on the articles in this Special Issue, this article seeks to nuance the flying geese dynamics of policy transfer.
Giulia C. Romano, Kidjie Saguin
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Flood impact on income inequality in the Itapocu River basin, Brazil
Journal of Flood Risk Management, Volume 15, Issue 3, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Disasters worldwide tend to affect the poorest more severely and increase inequality. Brazil is one of the countries with high income‐inequality rates and has unplanned urbanization issues and an extensive disaster risk profile with little knowledge on how those disasters affect people's welfare.
Rafael Silva Araújo +3 more
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What influences the implementation of IFRS for SMEs? The Brazilian case
Accounting &Finance, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 2947-2992, June 2022., 2022 Abstract We investigate factors influencing the implementation of IFRS for SMEs in Brazil. Accountants and accounting firms from all over the country received a questionnaire about the perceptions of IFRS for SMEs. A logit regression on the factors associated with non‐implementation using 426 valid observations suggests that inconsistencies and ...
Flauzeliton José Aparecido Gonçalves +2 more
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Reducing automation risk through career mobility: Where and for whom?
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 1545-1569, December 2021., 2021 Abstract Automation risk prevails less in large cities compared to small cities but little is known about the drivers of this emerging urban phenomenon. A major challenge is that automation risk is quantified by work‐related tasks that allows for measurement through occupation, which is in turn implicitly related to local economic structure and to ...
László Czaller +2 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen El entorno alimentario es un factor importante que contribuye a las dietas poco saludables en la niñez y, por tanto, a las crecientes tasas de obesidad. Los países de Latinoamérica han recibido el reconocimiento internacional por su liderazgo en la implementación de políticas dirigidas a distintos aspectos del entorno alimentario.
Ana Clara Duran +7 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Aunque se han hecho avances en el desarrollo y aplicación a gran escala de intervenciones eficaces contra la obesidad infantil, los retos siguen siendo importantes. Nuestro objetivo era comprender las causas del éxito de Estados Unidos y los países latinoamericanos en la implementación de políticas y programas (PYP) contra la obesidad e ...
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla +6 more
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Appropriation of adaptive literacy games into the German elementary school classroom
British Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 1917-1934, September 2021., 2021 Abstract The study presented here was aimed at understanding how teachers go about appropriating technology from the iRead EU Horizon 2020 Project into the classroom. iRead provides an adaptive personalised literacy game called Navigo that is deployed in tablets and intended for regular usage in the elementary school classroom.
Nadine Pflaumer +2 more
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Social media adoption in Italian firms. Opportunities and challenges for lagging regions
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 959-978, August 2021., 2021 Abstract Social media are an important growth opportunity for firms, especially small‐sized ones operating in peripheral and lagging regions. In this paper, we investigate not only whether firms are able to take this opportunity, but also if they are able to face the challenge of adopting social media at a professional level to obtain a significant ...
Martina Aronica +2 more
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