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The effects of urban redevelopment on households

Marti, Daniel Lee - 2009

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Managing urban growth for efficiency in infrastructure provision: Dynamic capital expansion and urban growth boundary models

Ding, Chengri - 1996

for capital facility planning and for managing urban growth using UGBs. …To analyze the logic of capital facility planning, the rate of urban growth is initially viewed as exogenous, and local … priced at average cost, and the planning horizon is finite. This model demonstrates that under certain parameter values, UGBs …

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Failure and Strategic Projects: Australias Asia-Pacific Vision

Weller, Sally Anne - 2009

This paper uses Australia?s 1980s shift to a new accumulation strategy of ?international competitiveness? to examine the role of failure in shaping state strategic projects. The paper argues that the Australian strategy?s gradual shift from an interventionist to a market-led orientation played...

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Application of the KISA concept to innovation dynamics and its impact on firms' performance

Albors Garrigo?s, Jose?; Hervas, Jose Luis; Marquez, … - Universidad Polite?cnica de Valencia; Universidad …; … - 2008

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the analysis of firms? innovative activities from the knowledge-intensive service activities (KISA) point of view and analyse their relation to the firms? competitive performance in the case of a mature industry, the Spanish ceramic tile...

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Community enterprises : imagining and enacting alternatives to capitalism

Gibson, Katherine; Graham, Julie; Cameron, Jenny - 2010

If the rise of the World Social Forum is any indication, there is a groundswell of support for alternatives to capitalism. But within this movement that links North and South, 'developed' and less 'developed' nations worldwide, the debate as to what constitutes an economic alternative is fraught...

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Choosing the right battles : how independent bookshops in Sydney, Australia compete with chains and online retailers

Li, Jen - 2010

The emergence of multinational retailers has induced shifts in the spatial distribution of retail capital. Furthermore, the advent of shopping centres has led to a reconfiguration of consumption spaces. These trends have particular consequences for independent retail businesses. This paper...

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Bayesian multinomial logit: Theory and route choice example

Washington, Simon; Congdon, Peter; Karlaftis, Matthew; … - 2009

Statisticians along with other scientists have made significant computational advances that enable the estimation of formerly complex statistical models. The Bayesian inference framework combined with Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation methods such as the Gibbs sampler enable the estimation of...

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Spatial anxieties, geographies of belonging and the changing landscape of an Australian airport

Stratford, E; Wells, Shane - 2009

business disrupt local place attachments, social and economic activities, and planning regimes. This paper reflects on such … planning systems, and summarise some of the criticisms levelled against the legislation. Our purpose in doing so is to … embrace regional planning regimes that might have better prepared them for airport privatisation and commercialisation, and …

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A comparison of multiattribute decision-making techniques using an iterative procedure to derive a convergent criterion

Lai, Shih-Kung - 1990

The objectives of the dissertation are to: (1) deductively compare five commonly used multiattribute decision making techniques and clarify the meanings of weights and (2) empirically evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques. The five techniques are multiattribute utility theory (MAUT),...

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