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Home country institutional ties and Chinese SMEs' OFDI: Institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives

open access: yesGlobal Strategy Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Combining institutional polycentrism and resource dependence perspectives, we theorize that small‐and‐medium‐sized enterprises' (SMEs) outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) depends on the types and levels of home institutional ties, and this relationship is moderated by technological resources.
Zibang Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Decarbonization Effect of the Urban Polycentric Structure: Empirical Evidence from China

open access: yesLand
This study conducts an empirical investigation into the decarbonization effects of urban polycentric structures, exploring their mechanisms and varied influences. Our findings reveal key insights.
Xu Yang, Xuan Zou, Ming Li, Zeyu Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Polycentric cultural framework for infrastructure procurement in nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The high failure rate of most infrastructures in sub-Saharan Africa is alarming, particularly in Nigeria, where the dearth and deterioration of infrastructure constantly imposes severe constraints on economic growth and development.
Radford, Dennis, Omoregie, Alohan
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Polycentric governance compensates for incoherence of resource regimes: The case of water uses under climate change in Oberhasli, Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Incoherent institutional regimes are among the most critical barriers to adapt water governance under climate change. However, it remains unclear how different governance processes can coordinate competing resource uses despite incoherence of ...
Oberlack, Christoph   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Transforming Agricultural Water Management Through the Water–Energy–Food Nexus: Trends, Opportunities, Barriers and Solutions

open access: yesIrrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agricultural water management (AWM) is increasingly transitioning towards transformative thinking, where interconnected sectors, including water, energy and food, are managed holistically. Trends point towards cross‐sectoral and harmonised strategies to optimise water use efficiency and productivity, integrate renewable energy, promote ...
Luxon Nhamo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can polycentric urban spatial structures reduce pollution aggregation?

open access: yesEcological Indicators
In response to the conflict between environmental management and economic and social progress, the Chinese government has launched a project to design a spatial framework for polycentric cities.
Xuechao Xia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Defining and measuring polycentric regions: the case of Tuscany [PDF]

open access: yes
Polycentric development in regions has many dimensions, which involve several definitions and measures. This paper tackles the problem of defining and measuring polycentricity under an integrated and multi- dimensional perspective.
Burgalassi, David
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Resilience Pathways for Land Degradation Neutrality: How Informal Institutions Shape Community Land Governance Across the Global South

open access: yesLand Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A decade after Land Degradation Neutrality was incorporated into Sustainable Development Goal 15.3, implementation outcomes across the Global South remain uneven. Mainstream commons research identifies recurring institutional features, whereas critical institutionalism emphasizes their adaptive assembly; both traditions increasingly recognize ...
Tengyuan Yang, Senbao Lu, Jiapeng Dai
wiley   +1 more source

The Logic of the New World Political Architectonics: Praxis and Theory of Rethinking Multidimensional World and China ‘s Search of Its Place

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2020
The arising logic of the formation of multilayer polycentric world in the post-pandemic world is shown in this article. Formation stages in Russia of a theoretical knowledge about formation of the multidimensional, interdependent and polycentric world ...
A. D. Voskressenski
doaj   +1 more source

Polycentric Development to Combat Regional Disparities? the Relation Between Polycentricity and Regional Disparities in European Countries [PDF]

open access: yes
Trends in regional disparities have been a major issue in regional science for many decades and knowledge of ways to overcome such disparities has great importance for regional policy-making. Strong initial differences between regions affect the capacity
Krister Sandberg, Evert Meijers
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