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Cryptocurrency ATMs and cryptofication of everyday life: The uneven diffusion of crypto into quotidian spaces and places 加密货币atm机与日常生活的加密：加密货币在日常空间和场所的不均匀扩散

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-07-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100047

Ryan Wyeth , Dariusz Ilnicki , Krzysztof Janc

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Toward a labour geography of cryptocurrency: Place, pensions and protests 走向加密货币的劳动力地理：地方、养老金和抗议

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-06-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100046

Alex Quesnel, Steven Tufts

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Two legal tenders, no currency. El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption between world money and international money 两种法定货币，没有货币。萨尔瓦多在世界货币和国际货币之间采用比特币

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100045

Tobias Boos , Juan Grigera

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Bioeconomy innovations and their regional embeddedness: Results from a qualitative multiple-case study on German flagship innovations 生物经济创新及其区域嵌入性：来自德国旗舰创新定性多案例研究的结果

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-05-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100044

Michael P. Schlaile , Jonathan Friedrich , Luise Porst , Jana Zscheischler

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From average to extremes: Application of archetypal analysis in economic geography 从平均到极端：原型分析在经济地理学中的应用

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100042

Milad Abbasiharofteh

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A GPN perspective on the adoption of blockchain technology in global supply chains 全球供应链采用区块链技术的GPN视角

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100043

Sarah Franz

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Exploring the spatial dynamics of circular economy transitions: Insights and lessons from Chile's mining territories 探索循环经济转型的空间动态：来自智利矿区的见解和教训

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100041

Konstantin Born

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The role of real estate in the development of cities and regions: Territorial real estate and economic systems 房地产在城市和地区发展中的作用：全域房地产与经济体系

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-04-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100040

Olivier Crevoisier , Thierry Theurillat , Mathias Rota , Alain Segessemann , Anaïs Merckhoffer

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Blockchain real estate: The messy landing of digital property b区块链房地产：数字房地产的混乱着陆

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100039

Matthew Zook, Michael McCanless

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A role for economic geographers in the entrepreneurial ecosystem framework: Global pipelines and the mobility challenge 经济地理学家在创业生态系统框架中的作用：全球管道和流动性挑战

Progress in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.peg.2025.100037

Jan Jacob Vogelaar , Shiri Breznitz

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