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Smart Contracts: Myths and Implications for Economics and Financial Regulation
Lehr, William - 2022
include cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and smart contracts as distinct elements) have been the focus of excessive hype that has …
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Blockchain: A Coordination Mechanism
Pietrewicz, Lesław - 2019
Blockchain technology is firmly established in the public awareness as a revolutionary new technology underpinning … interest in the coordination aspect of the contract scholarship. The aim of this conceptual paper is to model blockchain as a … coordination for online transactions. The model is intended to inform debates on the prospects for the blockchain technology and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141483
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The Impact of Covid-19 on the Alibaba Platform
Lozić, Josko; Fotova Čiković, Katerina - 2022
Purpose - this paper aims to analyse the business efficiency of the Alibaba platform at the beginning and during the COVID-19 crisis. Methodology/Design - The research is based on the official financial reports of the platform as well as on the reports of other specialized agencies that monitor...
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What determines the position of regions in European knowledge networks? A comparative perspective on R&D collaboration, co-patent and co-publication networks
Wanzenböck, Iris; Scherngell, Thomas; Brenner, Thomas - 2013
The question of why certain regions are more efficient in creating new knowledge is one of the main research issues in Regional Science. In the recent past, inter-regional knowledge networks ? defined as the inter-linkage of collaborative endeavours in knowledge creation across regional...
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Fintech Revolution in the Financial Industry
Martinčević, Ivana; Črnjević, Sandra; Klopotan, Igor - 2020
significant areas such as Bitcoin and Blockchain technology that have been evaluated in the last 5 years. With mentioned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012288799
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Smart Technologies Applied to the Energy Sector. Renewable Energy Expansion Strengthened by Digital Communications and Distributed Ledger Technologies?
Serrano-Calle, Silvia; Delarue, Erik - 2018
introduction of blockchain technology, in particular in its use as a platform for smart contracts, offers a great potential, highly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930711
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Not in the Shopping Cart - On the experiential aspects of retail shopping centers
Larsson, Hanna; Åsberg, Erik - 2010
Not in the Shopping Cart -On the experiential aspects of retail shopping centers It is not hard to imagine that consumers value not only what they have bought in a store and can take home with them, but also the experience that was entailed in the actual purchase. The aim of the study is to...
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Land Use Regulation & Retail: Space Constraints and Total Factor Productivity
Cheshire, Paul; Hilber, Christian; Kaplanis, Ioannis - 2010
Introductory economics tells us there are three factors of production: land, labour and capital. Unless a student of agricultural economics, land as a factor of production will never be mentioned again. Yet space for some industries is a significant input and that would seem to be true of...
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Exploring the geography of closing businesses in the crisis-stricken Athens city centre
Kavroudakis, Dimitris; Ballas, Dimitris; Monastiriotis, … - 2013
The economic crisis in Greece has affected almost all sectors of economy and the great majority of households. Its effects in trade and commerce activities are visible by the obvious transformation of down-town Athens city centre. This transformation includes a great number of closing business...
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Urban Resilience: Store Location Dynamics and Cultural Heritage
van Duijn, Mark; Rouwendal, Jan; van Loon, Ruben - 2014
In this paper we study the relationship between cultural heritage and retail store dynamics at the neighbourhood level in the Netherlands. We analyze the total number of stores, number of vacant stores and number of stores by retail sub-industry in neighbourhoods, thereby focusing on the impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400152