This paper draws on the policy transfer literature to examine a UK-based initiative topromote supplier diversity and provides insights to three areas neglected in currentresearch. Namely: the dynamics of non-governmental policy transfer; the factors thatmediate policy transfer in different...

This article has its origins in research indicating the promise supplier diversityprogrammes hold in empowering ethnic minority enterprises to achieve breakout tomainstream markets and business growth. From a realist evaluation perspective itreports on the first phase of SDEM (Supplier...

We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants` job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements...

The shrinking and ageing of urban populations is a worldwide phenomenon,and in Japan it is a central problem not only for the future but already atpresent. In contrast to the large, dynamic cities of Japan, the mass of smaller citieswith fewer than 200,000 inhabitants – in particular those...

This paper is an abstract of the study made for the MAster of Science in real Estate delivered by the Center for Urban and Real Estate Management (CUREM) in Zurich. The Goal was to analyze the relation between big infrastructure and urban development, using a real case. The chosen area for this...

In the real estate development process are several key actors involved who have different conceptions of how and which kind of value within the real estate projects is to be obtained. Architects focus on the aesthetic quality of buildings and define value as contribution to the cultural...

Der Masterstudiengangdes Center for Urban & Real Estate Management (CUREM) vereint in seinem Lehrgang die vielfältigen Perspektiven, Disziplinen und Praxisfelder der Immobilienökonomie. Als Abschlussarbeit haben die Absolventinnen und Absolventen eine Masterthesis zu schreiben, die sich in der...

Städte und deren Stadtteile sind ständigen Veränderungen unterworfen. Die vorliegene Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Fragen, wie sich die Lebensqualität in einem Stadtteil definiert, welche Ursachen diese verändern und inwiefern die öffentliche Hand darauf Einfluss nehmen kann. Als...