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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 972 avhandlingar innehållade orden economic geography.

1. 11. Sami tourism in Northern Sweden : Supply, demand and interaction

   Författare :Robert Pettersson; Ulf Wiberg; Dieter K Müller; Bruno Jansson; Thomas Hinch; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social and economic geography; Indigenous Tourism; Sami; Sápmi; Tourism Supply; Tourism Demand; Stated Preference; Attitudes; Kulturgeografi; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Social and Economic Geography; kulturgeografi; Human geography; economic geography;

   Sammanfattning : Indigenous tourism is an expansive sector in the growing tourism industry. The Sami people living in Sápmi in northern Europe have started to engage in tourism, particularly in view of the rationalised and modernised methods of reindeer herding. Sami tourism offers job opportunities and enables the spreading of information. LÄS MER

3. 12. Networks of urban interaction - Growth and centrality in the complex geography of urban activity

   Författare :Alexander Hellervik; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accessibility; power law; urban activity; centrality; urban growth; transport infrastructure; spatial interaction; complex networks; Zipf’s law;

   Sammanfattning : How cities and regions grow and decline depend on technological, social and economic factors. Understanding the interplay of these forces is central in research efforts aiming to improve urban and transport planning. LÄS MER

4. 13. Continuity and Change : Essays on path-dependence in economic geography and good food

   Författare :Pepijn Olders; Dominic Power; Henrik Mattsson; Anders Malmberg; Andrés Rodríguez-Pose; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; path dependence; continuity; change; expert opinion; economic geography; restaurants; low-emission vehicles; PDO PGI labels;

   Sammanfattning : How can it be, that in our rapidly changing world certain things remain recognisably the same for such a long time? This dissertation is concerned with the economic geography of path-dependence and seeks to explain selected everyday examples of continuity and change. How can French restaurants and chefs be successful for decades despite changes in taste? Why are cars powered by fossil fuels still around while there are many novel and cleaner alternatives? What explains the re-invention of local food products in spite of the influx of many new products from around the world? These are the question this dissertation tries to explain as spatial expressions of ‘path-dependence’. LÄS MER

5. 14. Creative Distraction : The Digital Transformation of the Advertising Industry

   Författare :Markus M Bugge; Dominic Power; Anders Malmberg; Neil Coe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic geography; innovation; advertising; Internet; agglomeration economies; creative; interactive; knowledge; Oslo; Norway; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Economic geography; Ekonomisk geografi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is primarily based on a case study on how the Internet affects the advertising industry in Oslo, Norway, and on how the digitization of advertising adds to our understanding of the geography of innovation and urban and regional development. The study argues that the Internet fundamentally changes and challenges the advertising industry, and that advertising merges into market communication and even user experience and product development. LÄS MER

7. 15. Geographies of management ideas

   Författare :Alexander Kristiansen; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ekonomisk geografi; Management; Idéer; Internationell handel; Economic geography; Idea Philosophy ; International trade; Management; Kina; Sverige; Economic Geography; Management Ideas; Agile; Embeddedness; MNC;

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