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From Survival to Growth: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial and Small Business Development Through Innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa 《从生存到增长：通过创新推动撒哈拉以南非洲企业和小企业发展》

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70076

Suleman Bawa

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Health and Older Adult Return Migration in Canada 加拿大的健康和老年人返回移民

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70075

K. Bruce Newbold

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Toward Clean Air in the City: Does Financial Inclusion Matter? 迈向城市清洁空气：金融包容性重要吗？

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-20 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70074

Shuangshuang Fan, Shuqun Yang, Hongyun Huang, Tomas Balezentis, Ying Liu

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Improving Locally While Competing Globally: Network Effects on Innovation Performance in Cities 在全球竞争中提高本地水平：网络效应对城市创新绩效的影响

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-18 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70067

Pablo Galaso, Sergio Palomeque

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Understanding Migration Dynamics in Taiwan's New Town Development: The Role of Housing Affordability and Infrastructure 台湾新城发展中的移民动态：住房负担能力与基础设施的作用

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70073

Chien-Wen Peng, Yong-Jyun Tu, Chien-Hao Fu

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High-Speed Railway, Knowledge Complexity and Regional Inequalities 高速铁路、知识复杂性与区域不平等

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70069

Zhaoyingzi Dong, Jiayan Shi, Yuanshuo Xu

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Does Transportation Infrastructure Alleviate Urbanization Imbalance: The Perspective of Urban Spatial Structure 交通基础设施能否缓解城市化失衡：城市空间结构的视角

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70070

Pin Lv, Tongbin Yang, Xuexu Piao

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Urban Informality, Housing Insecurity and “Bulldozer Urbanism” in Global South Cities: Evidence From Selected Slum Communities in Accra, Ghana 全球南方城市的城市非正式性、住房不安全感和“推土机式城市主义”：来自加纳阿克拉贫民窟社区的证据

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-16 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70072

Reforce Okwei, Elmond Bandauko, Desmond Adjaison, Lina Adeetuk, Thelma Akyea, Godwin Arku

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Interconnected Cities, Integrated Markets: Exploring the Impact of Transport Networks on Labor Market Integration in the Yangtze River Delta, China 城市互联、市场整合：交通网络对长三角地区劳动力市场整合的影响

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70068

Xueqing Liu, Ben Derudder, Bo Wang, Frank Witlox

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Are College Towns Really Recession Proof? 大学城真的能抵御经济衰退吗？

IF 2.1 3区经济学

Growth and Change Pub Date : 2025-10-11 DOI: 10.1111/grow.70064

Reese Manternach, Aakansha Jain, Peter F. Orazem, Levi Soborowicz

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