This research was motivated by the increasing number of foreign students and scientists who are in the United States on temporary visas who are able to change their status to permanent immigrant. Origin countries, among them industrialized western European nations, are concerned about losing...

While explaining cluster internal impacts on cluster development, cluster life cycle theory fails to explain the influence of cluster external factors. Based on a multiscalar approach, this study investigates factors causing change within an agritech cluster applying a qualitative approach. Main...

Bu çalışmanın amacı, İstanbul kuyumculuk sektöründe ihracatçı firmaların farklı özelliklerinin belirlenmesidir. Michael Porter’ın gelişmenin mikroekonomisi kuramından yararlanarak, firma özellikleri ile firmaya dışsal olan üretim, dayanışma, yenilikçilik ve kurumsal...

We analyse the effects of rainfall and temperature on yields of paddy and millets (pearl millet and sorghum) in India for the period 1966–1999, at the district level. Unlike other studies, we control for fertiliser use and irrigation. We find that paddy (India's leading food crop) is sensitive...

The regional process that is taking place in Europe in recent decades, was determined by the awareness of the important role that regional policies hold in the balanced development of territories, the goal being the revival of economic and social development, locally, the economic recovery of...

Uno de los fines básicos de la economía de la cultura es la creación de los presupuestos adecuados para la consolidación del patrimonio cultural, siendo que una de sus tareas más valiosas es la información al público, de forma sistemática, sobre la creación artística e intelectual. El...

Hasta la fecha, muchas investigaciones se han realizado indicando que cada vez más vivimos en un mundo complejo y más propenso al desastre (Burton et al. 1978; Richardson 1994; Faulkner 2001). Los cambios que ocurren en nuestro alrededor en la mayoría de los casos no son bruscos e imprevistos, sino...

En 1988, al ser electo como presidente de la República Mexicana como término de elecciones debatidas en las que, por primera vez en la historia de esta nación, los electores opositores hicieron correr el riesgo al candidato del partido hegemónico de perder la carrera a la jefatura del...

News is often interspersed with reports from small islands. Reference is often made to them due to their small size, or due to their administrative autonomy or financial regime; usually attracting the common interest. Actually, what are the so-called microstates, virtual lands, unrecognized state...

The analysis of spatial mismatches in access to employment remains a very important area of labour market literature. A particular case is that of the mismatches in urban labour markets, which can result in substantial differences in the employment opportunities available in city centres and...