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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Core-periphery"”.
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Responses to tourism development and governance in a core-periphery context.
… of Malta. Malta is situated on the southern periphery of Europe and although a member of the European Union it remains on the socio-economic and political margins. Gozo is both geographically and economically peripheral to Malta. This puts Gozo on the periphery of the periphery, and thus it …
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An examination of the Children’s Rights Alliance (CRA) as a new social movement (NSM) utilising Habermas’ communicative rationality and core periphery theories
… of communicative rationality and Peters’ core periphery, this thesis will interrogate how the CRA moved from a position of little or no influence (outer periphery) to a position of influence (inner periphery) where it became a ‘supplier’ of information to the State (core) on issues …
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Users' understandings of the virtual economy in social virtual worlds: consumption and entrepreneurship of virtual goods
… understandings of virtual consumption through core-periphery analysis of its social representation. 154 Second Life users participated in the web-based survey for this study. I also identify user goals for virtual consumption by using means-end chain analysis, based on interviews with 93 Second …
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Investigating Ozarks Marginality: A Study of Late Prehistoric Ceramics from the Northern Ozark Highland of Missouri
… (2010) apply the Margin model, a version of the core-periphery-margin model. Application of the margin model to the region is constrained by uncertainty about the type of relationship between margin and core societies. This research clarifies the relationship through neutron activation analysis …
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Empirical analysis of software refactoring motivation and effects
… pre- and post-refactoring were compared using core-periphery analysis, and various quantitative metrics were identified and compared to identify leading indicators of refactoring. The research finds several uniquely identifying properties of the area of the software system identified for …
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Regional issues on firm entry and exit in Argentina: core and peripheral regions
… regional determinants of entry and exit between core and peripheral regions within a single country? To address these issues, we take as a starting point a set of determinants that are generally found to be statistically significant in regional entry and exit studies using data from developed …
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A chipped stone characterization of Ghwair I: A Neolithic village in southern Jordan
… a central settlement with resources (the 'core/periphery' model in Wallerstein's World Systems Theory: 1974) is refuted, at least in regards to chipped stone, by its standard distribution of chipped stone and lack of workshop or production areas.
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Asymmetric network ties to elite American universities create differential access to venture capital in Africa
… theory. It is predicated on a new form of core-periphery relationship wherein capital domiciled largely in the United States drives uneven startup ecosystem growth on the African continent. I argue that this market failure, characterized by concentrated VC investments, stems from an …
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The Military, Economy and the State: A New International System Analysis
… economic division of labor that defines the core, periphery and semi periphery. I do this by uncovering the latent structure of militarization and its articulation within the world system controlling for state strength. I also outline the basic profile of my Militarized International System …
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Complex Urban Road Networks: Static Structures and Dynamic Processes
… using two main concepts, namely community and core-periphery structures. We found that while these densely populated city road networks show particularly strong community structures (high modularity values that are not typical to other networks), they exhibit a low level of presence of core- …
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International trade of electric vehicle batteries and lithium: a network approach to trade structure and structural inequality
… batteries and of lithium are characterized by a core-periphery pattern—by which certain countries occupy the center of trade, and by which certain countries occupy the margins—and therefore, that there is an inequality in the distribution of trade relationships among countries participating in …
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Systemic risk in financial networks
… important banks are more effective in core-periphery network structures, whereas those maximizing the total liquidity in the system are preferred in random network configurations. We assess sensitivity of systemic risk to variations in interbank liabilities as well as to their …
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Regiono ekonominė plėtra /
… staple theory; c) export led growth theory; d) core - periphery theory; e) clusters led growth theory; f) endogenous growth theory. The Paper is composed of three parts. The first part analyses scientific literature and theoretical descriptions of region economical development theories, their …
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Negotiating the state at its margins: Colonial authority in Condominium Darfur 1916-1956
… rule in Darfur. The thesis thus challenges the core-periphery model of Sudanese political geography by arguing for the importance of ‘peripheral’ political cultures in determining the character of the Sudanese state.
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Development of structured employment systems in Japanese department stores in Hong Kong
… on national origins as a major source of the core-periphery distinction within Japanese companies overseas. In addition, the structured employment systems model incorporates skills, profession, hierarchy, employment status and gender as well. The four Japanese companies employ various employee …
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The economic and social burden of population loss across Irish regions
… focusing on both urban and rural shrinkage. The core-periphery framework is incorporated into the approach in line with suggestions from existing literature. A research gap is addressed through considering the underrepresented temporal aspect of shrinkage, particularly assessing any commonalities …
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Canada's Contribution to Neglected Tropical Disease Research: A Co-authorship Network Analysis
… density, cliques, clustering, centralization and core-periphery) of countries and institutions contributing to Canada’s NTD research. Results: Over the past sixty years (1950-2010) there has been a notable increase in Canada’s NTD publication activity. Canada’s NTD researchers specialize in …
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The John Chapman site and creolization on the northern frontier of the Mississippian world
… life. The work presented here moves beyond core-periphery models that reduce frontier people to being passive reactors to forces emanating from a cultural heartland. In these scenarios, people along the frontier are a watered down and diluted reflection of a pure culture practiced at the …
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Selective leviathans : explaining state strategies of counterinsurgency and consolidation
… largely been neglected. This study develops a core-periphery theory to explain why states choose different strategies to fight rebellions based on what is at stake and who is rebelling. The theory identifies the variation in state strategy along two dimensions of effort and violence and …
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"Through the Language of Food: Creating Linguistic and Cultural Value through Basque (Euskara) Semiotics to Market Local Gastronomic Products"
… work has informed in-depth considerations of core-periphery dynamics, shedding light on tensions regarding language commodification, the effects of tourism, concepts of authenticity, and language materiality. Various intersectional categories are interwoven throughout the chapters as a way to …
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