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This paper examines optimal business development strategies for rural firms given thespecific characteristics of their rural business environment. An investigation of rural businessstrategy informs public policy formation by helping to determine how rural firms would reactto changes in their...
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This paper relates to the study of National Non Domestic Rates (NNDR), a property tax related to the rateable value of buildings not used for domestic purposes. Rateable values are reviewed every five years while the NNDR multiplier is adjusted annually in line with the RPI. The research...
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Explores the impact of next generation broadband on business creation. Uses over 11 million crowdsourced broadband measurements.Higher broadband speeds are associated with increased growth in new businesses.Universal high-capacity broadband is an economically desirable policy
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Broadband connectivity is regarded as generally having a positive macroeconomic impact, but we lack evidence as to how broadband affects key economic activity metrics, such as firm creation, at the local level. This analysis models the impacts of broadband Next Generation Access (NGA) on new...
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This paper examines optimal business development strategies for rural firms given the specific characteristics of their rural business environment. An investigation of rural business strategy informs public policy formation by helping to determine how rural firms would react to changes in their...
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All governments are concerned with tackling the problems of areas that experience sustained decline and underperformance. In the UK, several factors have combined to raise profound questions about future government policy in this area. First, it is becoming increasingly clear that the recession...
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All governments are concerned with tackling the problems of areas that experience sustained decline and underperformance. In the UK, several factors have combined to raise profound questions about future government policy in this area. First, it is becoming increasingly clear that the recession...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126368