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TELEWORKING: FROM A TECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL TO A SOCIAL EVOLUTION
Vescoukis, Vassileios; Stratigea, Anastasia; Giaoutzi, Maria - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 3, pp. 37-50
The present paper elaborates on the prospective developments of teleworking, as these relate to the dynamics of ICTs … developments. The paper presents various types of teleworking applications, linked to the evolving potential of technological … developments; then discusses the evolving patterns of teleworking, followed by emerging trends and applications appearing at a …
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The geopolitical impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon
Mazis, Ioannis Th.; Sarlis, Michalis - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 3, pp. 101-106
This paper identifies and analyses the geopolitical impact that the Syrian crisis has on Lebanon. This impact is manifested in two forms: a subsystemic one (within the Syria-Lebanon subsystem) and a systemic one (exerted from the system of the wider Middle East). The first refers to the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010593225
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The geopolitical impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon
Mazis, Ioannis Th.; Sarlis, Michalis - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 3, pp. 85-90
This paper identifies and analyses the geopolitical impact that the Syrian crisis has on Lebanon. This impact is manifested in two forms: a subsystemic one (within the Syria-Lebanon subsystem) and a systemic one (exerted from the system of the wider Middle East). The first refers to the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010595674
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The geopolitical impact of the Syrian crisis on Lebanon
Mazis, Ioannis Th.; Sarlis, Michalis - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 3, pp. 85-90
This paper identifies and analyses the geopolitical impact that the Syrian crisis has on Lebanon. This impact is manifested in two forms: a subsystemic one (within the Syria-Lebanon subsystem) and a systemic one (exerted from the system of the wider Middle East). The first refers to the direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895171
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THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS of declared income across Greece: 2001-8
PRODROMÍDIS, P. - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 183-190
The paper studies the income mosaic of Greece at the local community level, from the time the country joined the EMU to the advent of the international crisis. It econometrically isolates the average income, income-filer population size, and annual effects, and brings to light sub-regional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648214
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The brazilian economy position on the Investment Development Path (IDP)
Cechella, Cristiano; Franco, Gustavo H. B.; Dentinho, Tomaz - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 29-39
The hypothesis that inward and outward FDI positions of a country are related to the level and structure of economic development in relation to other economies, was first showed by Dunning (1979. The IDP suggests that countries tend to pass through five main development stages and that these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648215
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The Greek EEZ: Principles of a Geopolitical Analysis
MAZIS, Ioannis Th.; SGOUROS, Dr. Georgios-Alexandros - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 139-158
This paper comprises three parts. The first part presents and substantiates Greece's legal position with regard to the process of unilaterally establishing an EEZ and analyses the basic concepts, the terms and conditions of this process before resorting to the International Court of the Law of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648217
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An Urban Economic Model over a Continuous Plane with Spatial Characteristic Vector Field - Asymmetric Land Use Pattern and Internalizing Transportation Networks -
MIYATA, Yuzuru - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 13-28
Among others Beckmann (1952) firstly introduced the concept of a two dimensional continuous space into economics. This great step had unfortunately not shown further expansion in economics. Through several papers related to Beckmann’s initiation, Beckmann and Puu (1985) at last reached a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648222
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FRAGILE AND STRUCTURALLY WEAK RURAL AREAS. THE CASE OF ARAGÓN (SPAIN), 1900-2001+
Lanaspa, Luis; Pueyo, Fernando; Sanz, Fernando - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 41-56
The fragile and structurally weak rural areas, in European Union terminology, are areas with important difficulties in maintaining their population and highly peripheral in nature. Generally, they have an aged population, a low density of population, a weight of the primary sector higher than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648223
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Networked Schools and Education Inequalities in border Areas
VESCOUKIS, Vassileios; STRATIGEA, Anastasia - In: Regional Science Inquiry IV (2012) 2, pp. 87-95
The focus of this paper is on network integration issues and their potential to support the development of ICTs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010648224