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The Impact of Regional Absorptive Capacity on Spatial Knowledge Spillovers [PDF]
, 2008 We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: the literature on absorptive capacity and the literature on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of ...
Caragliu, Andrea, Nijkamp, Peter
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Interpreting mega-development projects as territorial traps: the case of irrigation schemes on the shores of Lake Chad (Borno State, Nigeria) [PDF]
, 2017 From the colonial era up to the present, mega-irrigation projects for agriculture have played a key role in the production of state space in Sahelian Africa.
Bertoncin, Marina, Pase, Andrea
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Knowledge Production at the Borderline Territory
EAAE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2019 Learning is a life-long process of growth and transformation through personal experience. Learning, like creation, takes place in relation. Life happens in the interval of matter. In the magnetic field of an active void— the space-time interval of change — a new form of life is created.
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The micro processes underlying small firms'integration into territorial innovation dynamics - a knowledge based perspective [PDF]
The paper is concerned with the process of SMEs' insertion into innovation projects within regional clusters. The objective is to contribute to a better understanding of this process by examining the underlying mechanisms of territorial innovation ...
Catherine Thomas +2 more
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The application of a Bayesian approach to assess the seismic vulnerability of historical centers [PDF]
, 2016 The seismic vulnerability of historical centers at a territorial scale cannot be assessed performing detailed analysis which are usually adopted at the single building scale.
Campostrini, G. P. +5 more
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Access to Finance and Innovation in the Canadian Food Processing
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Innovation is a presumed channel through which finance affects productivity, yet there is limited research testing the relationship between finance and innovation in the food manufacturing sector. The purpose of the paper is to explore the determinants (e.g., financing, R&D, firm size, expenditure on innovation) of the adoption of innovation ...
Getu Hailu, Deepananda Herath
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Territoire en Mouvement, 2018 Marquesas islands archipelago aimes to built its territorial development project in particular thanks to become listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO and the establishment of a marine protected area.
Frédérique Chlous +1 more
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Ocupación urbana de zonas con riesgo de inundación y dinámica territorial: El caso de las aglomeraciones del Gran Nador (Marruecos) [PDF]
, 2018 Flooding in the urban environment has long been a major concern for territorial actors as well as for the local population in the Great Nador region. It affects, in a recurring way, the main urban agglomerations and the peripheral zones which surround ...
El Amrani, Hassan, Tribak, Abdellatif
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole +6 more
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