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Localizando ciudades en circuitos globales
Por largo tiempo han existido procesos económicos transfronterizos. En los últimos cien años, el sistema inter-estados vino a proveer la forma organizativa dominante para los flujos transfronterizos, con los estados nacionales como actores clave.
Saskia Sassen
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ABSTRACT In this article, we apply the notion of gravitational fields to commercial attraction, with the aim of providing valuable insights to inform the development of an econophysical methodology. We revisit the traditional notion of gravitational fields, extending it to encompass multiple economic variables and incorporating mobility and production ...
Luigi Capoani +3 more
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Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
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Urban planning is not gender neutral. While there has long been research on how urban systems fail to respond to women’s needs, it was only a decade ago that the subject surged.
Saskia Sassen
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Do universal owners behave like universal owners? The emergence of a financial sector norm
Abstract The past few years have seen a surge in scholarship on universal ownership, systematic stewardship, and system‐level investing. These concepts describe the reality that large diversified owners of capital own a more or less representative slice of the market and therefore must concern themselves with systemic risks to the financial system as a
E. Quigley
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ABSTRACT In April 2024, the Indonesian government officially declared Jakarta a global city. Although scholars have noted that Jakarta's connectedness to the global system and the aspiration to transform Jakarta into a global city are not new, the lexicon was not yet substantively marshalled in Jakarta's policies and plans.
Farhan Anshary
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Photograph of the pedestrian bridge at the University of North Texas on November 30th ...
Sassen, Catherine
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Abstract The impact of aviation induced contrail cirrus on Earth's radiation budget depends on the optical depth (OD) and the life time of these clouds. Their tendency to enhance global warming may be mitigated by replacing conventional kerosene with fuels that form fewer soot particles, such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The resulting reduction
Cornelius Weiß‐Rehm, Ulrike Burkhardt
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This recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover
Howe, Cymene (podcast host) +2 more
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