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Does the Digital Environment Impact E-Commerce Performance in Brunei Darussalam After the COVID-19 Pandemic? 2019冠状病毒病大流行后，数字环境是否影响文莱达鲁萨兰国的电子商务绩效？

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70020

Lukman Raimi, Annie Dayan Binti Ahad Abdullah, Nurudeen Babatunde Bamiro

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Smart Women, Smart Leadership, and Smart Cities: A Case Study of Two Indonesian Mayors' Approach to E-Leadership 智慧女性、智慧领导与智慧城市：两位印尼市长的电子领导策略个案研究

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70023

Sulikah Asmorowati, Violeta Schubert, Parlaungan Iffah Nasution, Nurul Jamila Hariani

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Grand Societal Challenges Really Matter: How Does the Resilience of Physicians Contribute to That of the Hospital? A Qualitative Exploration 重大的社会挑战真的很重要：医生的适应力如何有助于医院的适应力？质的探索

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70022

Mohamed Mousa, Ahmad Arslan, Katarzyna Szczepańska-Woszczyna

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The Twist and Turns of the Media in Generating and Reporting Evidential Parliamentary Proceedings in Ghana 媒体在加纳产生和报道证据性议会程序中的曲折

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70019

Kingsley S. Agomor

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The Roles of Relational Leadership and Employee Satisfaction in the Linkage Between Social Capital and Employee Turnover: A Moderated-Mediation Analysis 关系领导和员工满意度在社会资本与员工离职关系中的作用：一个有调节的中介分析

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-23 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70015

James Aditchere, R. Angmortey

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The Political Economy of China's Special Economic Zones and Adaptability of Developmental State Model of Industrialisation in Africa: Evidence From Nigeria 中国经济特区的政治经济学与非洲工业化国家发展模式的适应性：来自尼日利亚的证据

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70018

Kenneth Kalu, Ernest Toochi Aniche

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Authentic Leadership and Physical Asset Management Practices in the Public Sector: The Mediating Role of Stakeholder Engagement 真实领导与公共部门实物资产管理实践：利益相关者参与的中介作用

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70013

Peter Adoko Obicci, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Godfrey Mugurusi, Gerald Kagambirwe Karyeija

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Tall Tales or Success Stories? A Scrutiny of the Business Incubation Policy and Landscape in India 荒诞故事还是成功故事？对印度企业孵化政策和前景的审视

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70014

Sonali Gupta, D. L. Sunder

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Are Cities in Advanced Countries Saturated in Population Size? 发达国家的城市人口规模饱和了吗？

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70016

Arup Mitra, Sabyasachi Tripathi

{"title":"Are Cities in Advanced Countries Saturated in Population Size?","authors":"Arup Mitra, Sabyasachi Tripathi","doi":"10.1002/pa.70016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.70016","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Although the focus on urbanization has shifted to developing countries, developed countries still face several challenges. In this regard, the present study proposes to investigate the capacity of cities in developed countries in terms of population size and reflects on the interaction between the city's core and hinterland areas. In addition, the impact of cities on employment, gross domestic product, and productivity, as well as the short- and long-term relationship between them, are examined. We estimate Gini coefficients and apply panel stochastic frontier and panel cointegration approaches using data from 688 cities in 39 advanced countries to test our hypothesis. The estimated results show that the number of million-plus cities growing in developed nations varies widely, and a city's hinterland and core vary in terms of population concentrations. The population in the core and hinterland areas have achieved saturation point. Therefore, the benefits of agglomeration economies have disappeared from these cities. It thus concurs with the S-shaped urbanization curve. The population concentration in the hinterland region is negatively impacted by territorial fragmentation and mean population exposure to particulate matter of 2.5 air pollution. There is a need to improve the density and management of environmental degradation through higher investment in making cities more productive and sustainable.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47153,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Affairs","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143396964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Policy Design Spaces in Brazil's and Argentina's Digital Government 巴西和阿根廷数字政府的政策设计空间

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Journal of Public Affairs Pub Date : 2025-02-11 DOI: 10.1002/pa.70010

Lizandro Lui, Ciro Pitangueira de Avelino

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