ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography最新文献

Digitalization and Labor Restructuring 数字化与劳动力结构调整

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-0047

Martina Fuchs, Andrew Cumbers

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Injecting climate finance into SME lending in Germany: Opportunities for and limitations of regional savings and cooperative Banks 向德国中小企业贷款注入气候融资:区域储蓄与合作银行的机遇与局限

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2022-0011

Franz Flögel, Philipp Schepelmann, Hans-Martin Zademach, Michael Zörner

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Ingo Liefner & Sebastian Losacker: Nachhaltige Wirtschaftsgeographie Ingo送货& Sebastian Losacker:可持续经济地理

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-08-09 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-0051

Thomas Neise

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Levelling Up and The Privileging of sub-national governance in England in the inter-Brexit space 退欧空间中英格兰地方治理的升级与特权化

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-0048

A. Nurse, O. Sykes

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Seven Years of Brexit: Economic Geographies of Regional De- and Recoupling 英国脱欧七年:区域脱钩与再挂钩的经济地理学

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-0046

Johannes Glückler, D. Wójcik

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Post-Brexit: Do board interlocks make banks take similar relocation decisions? 英国脱欧后:董事会连锁是否会促使银行做出类似的搬迁决定?

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-05-04 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2021-0043

Robert Panitz, Johannes Glückler

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Corrigendum zu: Zum Stand der geographischen Handelsforschung: Handelsimmobilien und Handelstätigkeit – Ökonomisch-funktionaler Zusammenhang im Kontext der geographischen Handelsforschung 议程项目:关于地理贸易研究:贸易地产和贸易活动——经济在地理贸易研究的范畴内的关系

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-2002

K. Klein

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Cross-Border knowledge pipelines and innovation performance of chinese firms: evidence from Zhangjiang in Shanghai 跨国知识管道与中国企业创新绩效:来自上海张江的证据

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2022-0004

G. Zeng, Yi Zhang, Xianzhong Cao

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Titelseiten 头版

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-frontmatter1

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Trucking (un)limited – the impact of digital platforms on labour in production networks of logistics 卡车运输(不)限制-数字平台对物流生产网络劳动力的影响

ZFW-Advances in Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-04-26 DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2021-0032

Veronique Helwing, Philip Verfürth, M. Franz

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