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Based on micro-firm data of development zones in Jiangsu Province along the Yangtze River, the effects of local factors special to development zones and of technology promotion on firm’s performance are tested, from which we try to illustrate the nature and dynamics of industrial clusters...
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Education scholars and human geographers have extensively studied spatial disparities in access to secondary education, both in developing countries and in advanced economies. However, very few studies have analysed access to specific types of secondary education, particularly programs oriented...
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This report provides technical input to support the Western Parkland City Economic Development Strategy being prepared by the New South Wales Government and the Western Parkland City Authority. It complements the region’s broader economic development strategy. The report accounts for the...
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If localized knowledge spillovers are present in the university setting, higher rates of both start-ups and/or survival than in the broader economy would be observed in areas that are geographically proximate to the university. Using a fully-disclosed Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages for...
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impact have also decreased. This paper is an attempt to discuss about environmental measures in Thailand and Indonesia. From …
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We analyse the effects of public spending for tourism, in Italian regions. The evaluation is permitted by the availability of the databank under the project “Conti Pubblici Territoriali” (“Regional Public Account”) of the Ministry of Economic Development: the spending of all public...
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We analyse the effects of public spending for tourism, in Italian regions. The evaluation is permitted by the availability of the databank under the project “Conti Pubblici Territoriali” (“Regional Public Account”) of the Ministry of Economic Development: the spending of all public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217933
This is the history of the relationship between the Mexican Telephone Company and Mexico City municipal council in regard to a controversy about the government's longdrawn insistence on the telephone company to withdraw its street poles. The US company, however, based its opostition in the...
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We empirically investigate the relationship between agricultural development and proximity to military forts in Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado in 1880. Agricultural investments are substantially higher in counties where a military fort is present, suggesting that military forts stimulated...
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In this paper we describe a case study of our attempt to provide decision support to a public agency, the Greek Ministry of Education, that is currently reorganizing the geo¬graphical configuration of its system. We treat the problem of determining the optimal number of catch¬ment areas, the...
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