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Upgrading of Symbolic and Synthetic Knowledge Bases: Analysis of the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry and the Automotive Industry in China
Borg, Jan van der; Tuijl, Erwin van - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2011
The degree and the way of upgrading differ widely per industry. This article tries to give some new insights in these differences by linking the concept of upgrading to that of the knowledge base. Moreover, we try to identify barriers to upgrading as well as the appropriate spatial scale on...
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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants' Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - 2010
the innovative culture of Chinese entrepreneurial migrants versus that of African entrepreneurial migrants. Rather, there … national culture in which they are embedded. In addition, the rivalry of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293531
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Understanding Cultural Differences : A Case Study of Chinese Culture
Sawagvudcharee, Ousanee - 2020
This paper aims to focus on differentiation of culture. Most cultural notions are stemmed from the concept work of … Hofstede. They all begin with a classification of culture throughout the creation of an ontology that distinguishes relatable … levels of reality. One illustration will be highlighted as a case study of Chinese culture because China continues improving …
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Are the Chinese in Africa More Innovative than the Africans? Comparing Chinese and Nigerian Entrepreneurial Migrants’ Cultures of Innovation
Kohnert, Dirk - German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) - 2010
the innovative culture of Chinese entrepreneurial migrants versus that of African entrepreneurial migrants. Rather, there … national culture in which they are embedded. In addition, the rivalry of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in African …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251299
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Challenges to Sustainability of Resource-Exhausted Cities : A Case Study of Lengshuijiang, China
Zuo, Guocun; Chen, Qiang - 2015
Resource-based cities were once the backbone of Chinese economy for decades. When natural resources were depleted, however, these cities become negative assets of China and urgently need sustainable transition. Given the vast number of resource-exhausted cities in China, their success...
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Arts, culture and the making of global cities : creating new urban landscapes in Asia
Kong, Lily; Jin, Jiahe; Chou, Tsu-Lung - 2015
urban culture, which are typically focused on the hardware of iconic venues, museums, and opera houses mostly designed by … the role of creativity in fostering the development of global cities; and it chronicles how arts and culture are changing … urban Asia and its increasing importance in generating global culture.' (Susan Fainstein, Harvard Graduate School of Design …
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Comprehensive evaluation on urban competitiveness - A Case of Xinjiang Province
Wan, Qiu-cheng - In: Asian Agricultural Research 1 (2009) 02
This paper constructs the index system and econometric model of comprehensive evaluation on urban competitiveness, then adopts the factor analysis method to measure the urban competitiveness of 22 prefecture-level cities in Xinjiang Province. The 22 prefecture-level cities are divided into four...
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Measuring and Analysis of Urban Competitiveness of Chinese Provincial Capitals in 2010 under the Constraints of Major Function-Oriented Zoning Utilizing Spatial Analysis
Du, Qingyun; Wang, Yanxia; Ren, Fu; Zhao, Zhiyuan; Liu, … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 6, pp. 3374-3399
Urban competitiveness aids local development by encouraging the exploitation of opportunities for economic development and by enhancing overall performance. Previous studies have evaluated urban competitiveness primarily from an economic perspective and few studies have considered locational...
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Fashion Systems and Symbolic Production from Historical Chinese Culture : Creating and Managing Global Chinese Brands
Wu, ZhiYan - 2011
historical culture, fashion systems and integrating current branding theories in a more holistic manner contributes a new …
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The 2008 Beijing Olympic Sponsorships : Value for Money?
Molchanov, Alexander - 2010
Sports-related event sponsoring has rapidly grown into a key ingredient of the marketing communications mix. We use event study methodology to assess the net economic value of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sponsorships. We find that investors judge the benefits that accrue to sponsoring companies...
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