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In Quebec, the term "local development" has replaced the term "community economic development", which was related, during the 1970s, to initiatives having a double objective, social and economic, put forward by stakeholders who were affected by economic circumstances and who were willing to...
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This article proposes an analytical framework regarding the geography of innovation by Dedicated Biotechnology Firms …
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The aim of this paper is to provide new insights about the dynamic of the geography of knowledge collaborations and … highlights the potential roles in the geography of collaborations of both, the geography of resources and the history of …, in a second part, two complementary econometric tests. Three important results are revealing : the geography of …
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Contributions to the quantitative civil war literature increasingly rely on geo-referenced data and disaggregated research designs. While this is a welcome trend, it necessitates geographic information systems (GIS) skills and imposes new challenges for data collection and analysis. So far,...
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reorientation away from physical geography and back to the human and social geography that determines if rebellion is …
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Civil wars show substantial variation in where they are fought. One dimension of this variation is the proximity of fighting to the capital city. While some wars are fought in the periphery, others devastate capital cities, often for months, or years, on end. What explains this? This article...
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This paper investigates how geography affects the performance of local public transport firms in Italy. Using data on …
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roots and bearers, their institutional academic bases within geography, economics, sociology, planning, and other fields …
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The geography of innovation is often analysed from the perspective of its association with territory. However, recent … metropolitan areas. This paper proposes a discussion, followed by an empirical analysis, of the geography of innovative behaviour …
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A rich literature addresses how a state’s capabilities, its desire to aid or exploit a warring neighbor, and its alliance commitments determine whether or not the state joins an ongoing conflict. However, an important geopolitical consideration – proximity to the location of the...
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