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    Academic excellence, local knowledge spillovers and innovation in Europe

    This paper studies whether high-quality research in first-tier universities has greater local knowledge spillovers than that in lower-tier universities. First-tier universities...
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    The European Union Water Framework Directive (WFD) has created a demand for comparing the benefits and costs of the remedial measures. A major part of the benefits from improved...
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    People, places and earnings differentials in Scotland

    ABSTRACTPeople, places and earnings differentials in Scotland. Regional Studies. This paper investigates the contribution of ‘people’ and ‘place’ effects to earnings...
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    Regional economic development in Europe: the role of total factor productivity

    Regional economic development in Europe: the role of total factor productivity. Regional Studies. This paper documents the fact that the large and persistent differences in...
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    Spatial dependence, foreign investment and productivity spillovers in new EU ...

    This paper presents new empirical evidence on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) technology spillovers on the productivity of domestic firms in manufacturing and...
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    Green technologies and Smart Specialisation Strategies: a European patent-bas...

    This paper investigates the move of regions towards sustainable growth through their specialisation in new green technologies. In particular, we analyse the role that smart...
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    Structuring investment and regional inequalities in the Brazilian Northeast

    ABSTRACTStructuring investment and regional inequalities in the Brazilian Northeast. Regional Studies. This paper evaluates the long-run regional impacts of the construction of...
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    Challenges for sustainability in cultures where regard for the future may not...

    AbstractA concept of time depends upon both culture and linguistics, and one person’s future may be another person’s present. Temporal and spatial concepts are crucial to...
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    Clusters, economic performance, and social cohesion: a system dynamics approach

    Cluster policies pervade all regions of the world to promote employment growth, innovation and entrepreneurship. Yet, research mostly focuses on cluster economic performance,...
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    Stakeholder perceptions of event attribution in the loss and damage debate

    In 2013 the Warsaw International Mechanism (WIM) for loss and damage (L&D) associated with climate change impacts was established under the United Nations Framework...
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    Making sense of the social: human-nonhuman constellations and the wicked road...

    Introduction The notion of sustainable development is usually divided into the economic, environmental, and social pillars, implying that a practice cannot be fully sustainable...
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    Structure, action and change: a Bourdieusian perspective on the preconditions...

    A deprioritization of economic growth in policy making in the rich countries will need to be part of a global effort to re-embed economy and society into planetary boundaries....
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    An integrative framework for sustainable supply chain management practices in...

    This paper proposes a framework for understanding the contextual factors of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices in the O&G industry. It is based on a...
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    The repercussions of foreign direct investment, renewable energy and health e...

    To achieve the objectives of the study, we have analyzed the repercussions of income, foreign direct investment, health expenditure and renewable energy consumption on...
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    We analyse the changes in multidimensional deprivation in very heterogeneous rural areas in Spain during the 2008 economic crisis using multigroup latent class models....
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    Migration, ethnic concentration and firm entry: evidence from Italian regions

    Published online: 08 Feb 2018 There is a growing body of literature highlighting the positive contributions of migration and diasporas to economic growth, innovation and...
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    Planning for landscape multifunctionality

    AbstractThe term “multifunctional landscapes” has been greeted with suspicion in some quarters as unnecessary jargon for which there are simpler and better-known alternatives,...
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    Delivering the two degree global climate change target using a flexible ratch...

    Global climate negotiations have been characterized by a divide between developed and developing nations – a split which has served as a persistent barrier to international...
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    From a Non-Innovator to a High-Innovation Performer: Networking as a Driver

    Forsman H. and Temel S. From a non-innovator to a high-innovation performer: networking as a driver, Regional Studies. This paper explores the patterns of networking benefits...
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    Experimentalist governance in climate finance: the case of REDD+ in Brazil

    One of the most significant impacts of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been the establishment of a participatory process for Reducing...