Finance, business property and urban and regional development
Dans ce numéro spécial consacré à la finance, à l'immobilier d'entreprise ainsi qu'au développement urbain et régional, on trouvera les articles suivants : 1-Finance, business property and urban and regional development ; 2-Does infrastructure
finance capital, transcalar territorial networks and the (Un)making of city-regions : an analysis of business property development in Bangalore, India ; 6-New finance for America's cities ; 7-Sustainability and the anchoring of capital : negotiations
surrounding two major urban projects in Switzerland ; 8-Finance capital, actor-network theory and the struggle over calculative agencies in the business property markets of Mexico city metropolitan region ;9-Familiarity and the determination of yields
for regional office property investments in the UK ; 10-The financialization of business property and what it means for cities and regions.
Open to business? an exploration of the impact of the built environment and zoning plans on local businesses in pre-war and post-war residential neighbourhoods in Dutch cities
This article explores the impact of the built environment and zoning plans on local businesses in pre-war and post-war residential neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Quantitative and qualitative methodologies are combined
and regulatory environment of migrant neighbourhoods does indeed appear to impact significantly on the chances of setting up a business and its subsequent fate.
Communicating climate change – Learning from business : challenging values, changing economic thinking, innovating the low carbon economy
and how these businesses approach the knowledge gap between climate change science and business practice, drawing on a variety of ethnographic research methods: (1) in-depth semi-structured and open interviews; (2) participant observations; and (3
) practitioners’ workshops. The results demonstrate that business’ mitigation and adaptation strategies are lay-knowledge-dependent, derived from personal values, space, and place identity. Climate change communication therefore needs to go beyond thinking about
Do micro enterprises benefit from the ‘Doing Business’ reforms? the case of street-vending in Tanzania
The article sought to investigate whether the World Bank’s optimistic predictions with regard to the impact of its ‘Doing Business’ reforms on micro entrepreneurs in Tanzania were justified by events, or whether its subsequent abandonment
of this optimistic position reflected a disappointing reality. Findings were that the experiences of vendors have been overwhelmingly negative, remaining seemingly untouched by the multiple policy initiatives attempting to improve their business environment. Instead
, vendors have become more marginalised in the eyes of policy-makers and administrators and in turn, therefore, more vulnerable to prosecution under a range of acts, and to formalization approaches which undermine their prospects as small businesses.
Air transport ; Airline company ; Australia ; Business travel ; Firm strategy ; Management ; Model ; Organization ; Tolerance threshold ; Transport
The purpose of this research is to investigate what factors influence the management of International Business Air Travel (IBAT). The researchers interviewed business travellers, travel organisers and executives involved in IBAT from ten
Connectivity, employment, and specialization of business services in U.S. cities
This article explores the conceptual and empirical relationships among connectivity, employment, and specialization in advanced business services (ABS) in major cities in the United States. Correlation and regression analysis produces three chief
Small-business viability in America’s urban minority communities
This article examines small-business viability in America’s urban minority communities and compares the longevity of firms targeting clients in minority neighbourhoods to those serving clients in nonminority-white residential areas. While some claim
Bank ; Brazil ; Business cycle ; Credit ; Economic growth ; Finance ; Regional development ; Regional economy ; Supply
and less developed regions, the liquidity preference of agents is higher and fluctuates along business cycles, reducing regional credit availability in downturns (due to both a contraction in supply and the demand for credit in remoter regions
), and producing a more unstable pattern for credit availability alongside business cycles.
2014
[b2] Dept. of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, Univ. of La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Espagne
This paper analyses the importance of human capital for firm productivity and makes a clear distinction between the role of human capital inside and outside of the firm. A multilevel model is used for the business service sector in Sweden
2014
[b1] International Business School, Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping, Suede
-related dispersion and centralization. A methodology for estimating the benefits of centralization is developed and applied. Centralization benefits are highest for business services and other high-level services, supporting the view that the benefits
of concentrating in the central business district are related to knowledge creation and exchange. The implications of these findings are discussed.
This paper explores the development of green building sector in England and Wales and its potential role in transformative change towards a green economy. It shows that green entrepreneurs move between ‘green’ and ‘conventional’ business, evolving
that they are far from agreed, that business models vary, and that there are significant contradictions within so-called green building practices.
in particular is affected by neighbourhood conditions, while the choice of manufacturing, wholesale and business services firms is affected more by increases in population density. Nevertheless, a higher number of shops, cafes and restaurants and a more
attractive physical environment do lower the probability that business services leave the neighbourhood, while manufacturing and wholesale firms are more inclined to leave neighbourhoods when a higher share of consumer services is not in use.
in the age 20–44-year group; and that growth was much faster in professional and business services than in healthcare. The regression results suggest that there is significant heterogeneity in the impact of regional characteristics on self-employment growth
2014
[b1] Dept. of Economics, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, Etats-Unis
Air traffic ; Air transport ; Airport ; Business travel ; Computing ; Leisure ; Network ; Origin-destination ; Route ; Transport ; United States of America
, origin–destination, business and leisure—that can be used to explore distinct research questions and which can be customised using adjustable parameters that alter how the network is created. Secondly, it can produce each of these networks at multiple
This article provides a systematic review of the multi-faceted ways ethnic businesses contribute to community building and neighborhood development in the three following communities Buford Highway in Atlanta, Monterey Park in Los Angeles
, and Sunset Park in New York. It finds that ethnic businesses can serve local economic interests and community-level cohesion and accrue economic, social, physical, and political benefits to their respective communities. It concludes that ethnic businesses