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Local identity and the perception of safety in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: a survey of the Meadows residents, Nottingham UK
Riganti, Patrizia - European Regional Science Association - 2013
. Unfortunately, regeneration managers often limit the complex task of public involvement and community building by interpreting it as … commitment to community involvement, there was little understanding on how to achieve it, with little or no effect on final …. The Council claims that this project is the first one with a community-led approach. In our research we first analyse how …
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TERRITORIAL CAPITAL AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE ROLE OF SPATIAL EFFECTS
Epifanio, Rosalia; CASCIO, IOLANDA LO; Mazzola, Fabio; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The paper aims at analysing the impact of territorial capital endowment on the economic growth process measured by exports and employment growth for the 103 italian provinces over the period 1999-2011. A broader concept of territorial capital has been used (Camagni, 2008) which takes into...
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How Immigration Reduced Social Capital in the US: 2005-2011
Freire, Tiago; Li, Xiaoye - European Regional Science Association - 2013
having relatives living at the receiving community) should be taken into consideration. Future research should focus on what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740405
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How do strong social ties shape youth migration trajectories (using data from the Russian on-line social network www.vk.com)
Zamyatina, Nadezhda; Yashunsky, Alexey - European Regional Science Association - 2013
It is well known that M. Granovetter wrote about the declining role of strong social ties and the rising role of weak ties. Yet the situation in Russia is different. The institutional order and a high level of transactions costs compels young Russians to use strong social ties to cut transaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740418
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Administrative Continuity: Enhancer or Constraint for Regional Governments' Efficiency?
Bubbico, Antonio - European Regional Science Association - 2013
This work demonstrates, through panel data analysis covering a time frame of seventeen years (1995-2011) that, in Italian regions (NUTS 2), administrative continuity is an enhancer of regional governments' efficiency when it is coupled by the bridging social capital. This research aims to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740439
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THE IMPACT OF HYBRID INFRASTRUCTURE ON TRUST, MOTIVATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY: A LATVIAN CASE STUDY
Sechi, Guido; Skilters, Jurgis; Selecka, Marta; … - European Regional Science Association - 2013
; b) the capability of virtual networking to recreate the social assets of a physical community (trust, solidarity … on social assets building and knowledge sharing among members of an intentional community (in our study: the National … Library of Latvia users? community). The theoretical framework draws on social and cognitive science, combining social capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740520
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Historical Legacy and Policy Effectiveness: the Long-Term Influence of pre-Unification Borders in Italy
Blasio, Guido de; D'Adda, Giovanna - European Regional Science Association - 2014
This paper investigates the interplay between cultural traditions and policy effectiveness. It explores the differential impact of a large development program (Cassa per il Mezzogiorno), implemented for four decades, starting in the 1950s, to stimulate convergence between Italy's South and the...
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The impact of economic crisis on Greek regions and the importance of regional resilience
Karoulia, Stella; Gaki, Eleni - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The global economic crisis of 2008 has affected all European countries; Greece of course could not be the exception to this "rule". First, the fact that Greece was unable to mitigate its public expenditures and to increase its revenues in comparison with the other European countries and other...
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Firm?s strategies of innovation and the effect of economic crisis
Nunes, Sérgio; Lopes, Raul - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The economic and financial crisis has brought firms, territories and countries before a set of restrictions to a greater or lesser extent, function as the conditioners of economic activity for several agents, also affecting their activities associated with the development of its innovation...
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Innovation Modes and Firm?s Performance: Evidence from Portugal
Nunes, Sérgio; Lopes, Raul; Dias, José - European Regional Science Association - 2013
It has been shown that firms tend to developdifferentmodesof innovation triggeredby the relationship betweendifferenttypes ofknowledge andlearning processesunderpinning it. Thispaper aims at identifying differentmodes ofbusiness innovation; second, relating them to firms' innovative and...
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