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Complementarities between IT and Organizational Structure: The Role of Corporate Exploration and Exploitation
Mahr, Ferdinand; Kretschmer, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The decentralization of organizational decision authority has been shown to be complementary to Information Technology (IT) in prior research. We draw from the information processing view of organizations, the IT and de/centralization debate, and organizational learning theory to argue that IT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542248
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The new kid in the forest: the impact of China's resource demand on Gabon's tropical timber value chain
Terheggen, Anne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This dissertation is anchored in the disruptive impact of China’s resource-based economic expansion over the last two … decades. Whilst the country’s economic growth follows traditional patterns of development, the size of China’s population … reversal of commodity exporting countries’ terms of trade are a result of China’s non-marginal impact of consumption. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257896
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The tropical timber industry in Gabon: a forward linkages approach to industrialisation
Terheggen, Anne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
, whose prime activity is the exploitation of logs for processing industries in China, to limit their participation in forward …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113301
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Export specialisation and regional growth, in Romania
Antonescu, Daniela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
From regional growth theoretical perspectives, exports represent the important factor with different impact in time and space. The export activities depend in a large share on the way in which a state or a region capitalises their endogenous potential, including the accumulated knowledge and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240784
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REPENSER LE FUTUR DE LA POLITIQUE DE COHÉSION EUROPÉENNE POUR LES PAYS D'EUROPE CENTRALE ET ORIENTALE : LA PRISE EN COMPTE DE L'ESPACE GÉOGRAPHIQUE COMME PISTE DE RECHERCHE
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259451
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Repenser le futur de la politique de cohésion européenne pour les pays d’europe centrale et orientale : la prise en compte de l’espace géographique comme piste de recherche
Bourdin, Sebastien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
With the enlargements of the European Union in the East in 2004 and 2007, the regional economic disparities increased profoundly and an effort of solidarity between states was necessary. This paper proposes to identify between the explanatory factors at the origin of the uneven distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260332
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Growth and divergence of the polish subregions over 1995–2006: a search for determinants and spatial patterns
Herbst, Mikolaj; Wójcik, Piotr - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper investigates the presence of sigma and beta convergence between the Polish subregions over 1995–2006. We verify for the absolute convergence, as well as for the convergence conditioned on the stock of physical capital, human capital and the size of the central city, these being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369620
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The Role of Innovation Activities in Tourism and Regional Growth in Europe
Korres, George M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Tourism plays a crucial role for national economies throughout the world. In Europe, international tourism receipts were almost three times higher in the late 1990s than they were in the late 1980s. Tourism has great potential as regards contributing to the achievements of several major EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680968
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U.S. Micropolitan Area Growth: A Spatial Equilibrium Growth Analysis
Michael, Davidsson; Dan S., Rickman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Because micropolitan areas have only relatively recently been defined, little is known about their comparative economic performance. Part of the interest in micropolitan areas stems from the successful ones often growing to become metropolitan areas. This paper examines micropolitan area growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109106
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Lake Amenities, Environmental Degradation, and Great Lakes Regional Growth
Stephens, Heather; Partridge, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Regional migration and growth are increasingly associated with high-quality in situ natural amenities. However, most of the previous U.S. research has focused on the natural amenities of the Mountain West or the South. The Great Lakes, with their abundant fresh water and natural amenities, would...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109109