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Tobias Buchmann, Patrick Wolf
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Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu, Kun -Huang Huarng
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(2024)
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Xi Chen, Jin Mao, Yaxue Ma, Gang Li
Summary: Scientific knowledge is a crucial factor for corporate technological innovation. The linkage between science and technology plays a significant role in fostering innovation. Corporations that integrate scientific publications into their patents are more likely to produce more patents, and early-stage scientific knowledge positively impacts technological innovation. These findings contribute to understanding how corporate basic research facilitates innovation, and provide valuable advice for enhancing technological innovation through scientific research.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Congxiao Wang, Zuoqi Chen, Bailang Yu, Bin Wu, Ye Wei, Yuan Yuan, Shaoyang Liu, Yue Tu, Yangguang Li, Jianping Wu
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant changes in urban networks. By modifying the radiation model and using nighttime light data, researchers were able to measure directional urban networks during different scenarios. Results showed that the Shanghai lockdown reduced urban interactions between Shanghai and its surrounding cities while increasing interactions centered on peripheral cities in the Yangtze River Delta Region.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2024)
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Business
Aleksandra Parteka, Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz, Dagmara Nikulin
Summary: This paper examines the relationship between digital technology, cross-border production links, and working conditions using a sample of over 9 million workers from 22 European countries. It compares the social consequences of three types of technological innovation: computerisation, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). The study finds that employee wellbeing is influenced by the type of technological exposure, with software and robot exposure associated with worse working conditions compared to AI exposure. The relationship between digital technology and working conditions is also weakly dependent on participation in global production chains.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Tianxiang Cui, Nanjiang Du, Xiaoying Yang, Shusheng Ding
Summary: This study proposes a novel DRL hyper-heuristic framework for multi-period portfolio optimization problem. Compared to traditional DRL algorithms, this approach improves performance by searching for low-level trading strategies and leverages data-driven methods and multidimensional states to obtain additional information. Experimental results demonstrate significant performance gains in real-world capital market problems.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
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Business
Kyriaki I. Kafka, Pantelis C. Kostis
Summary: Uncertainty has a significant impact on innovation outcomes, which is influenced by economic institutions. Advanced economies counter the negative effects of uncertainty through increased R&D spending, while developing countries struggle to mitigate uncertainty and require support from economic institutions to foster innovation production.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Joao Paulo Just Peixoto, Joao Carlos N. Bittencourt, Thiago C. Jesus, Daniel G. Costa, Paulo Portugal, Francisco Vasques
Summary: This article explores the use of multi-sensor Emergency Detection Units (EDUs) to improve urban emergency response. By leveraging data-driven approaches and geospatial data, the positioning of these units can be optimized. Additionally, the coverage area of existing networks is modeled, and the EDUs are fine-tuned based on connectivity requirements to enhance the effectiveness of emergency management systems.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
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Dries F. Benoit, Wai Kit Tsang, Kristof Coussement, Annelies Raes
Summary: In this study, we analyzed the learning behavior of 24,000 students on an asynchronous MOOC platform and found that student drop-out is not necessarily correlated with low motivation. Early intervention and considering motivation levels are crucial for student retention interventions.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Business
Fabienne Chameroy, Stephane Salgado, Virginie de Barnier, Damien Chaney
Summary: Collaborative consumption refers to exchanges between individuals through an internet platform. This study examines the factors influencing trust decisions in a complex triadic relationship involving a seller, a digital platform, and a buyer. The research shows that the interchangeability of buyers affects trust decisions, particularly for those who have experience as sellers. Trust decisions for interchangeable buyers are primarily based on credibility and benevolence beliefs rather than reputational cues. The findings also reveal a hierarchy of trust or transfer effect from trust in the platform to trust in the sharing partner.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Business
Johannes Gartner, Andrea Moro
Summary: This research examines the relationship between education, experience, and the scaling aptitudes of high-tech companies. The study finds that the leadership acumen of CEOs plays a significant role in fostering the scaling of tech-companies, while the proficiencies of CFOs and CTOs have a negligible impact. These insights have practical implications for crafting effective scaling strategies in the high-tech industry.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
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Viviana Carriel, Manuel Perez-Trujillo, Marcelo Lufin, Miguel Atienza
Summary: This paper investigates the impact of long-distance commuting on labor market equilibrium in Chile. While long-distance commuting can improve salary and employment at a national level, it has a negative effect on residents in host territories, especially when commuters have similar characteristics to local residents.
JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE
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Environmental Studies
Marisol Layseca
Summary: This paper examines the role of housing in achieving prosperity from a capabilities perspective. It investigates the gaps in housing views and concepts, and analyzes the empirical data from a recent qualitative study in Kenya to develop a localized application. The paper explores housing as both physical conditions and social dynamics, demonstrating the importance of incorporating material and non-material functions for enabling flourishing capabilities.
JOURNAL OF HOUSING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
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Environmental Studies
Jihad Farah
Summary: Drawing upon Actor-Network Theory literature and a specific strand of urban assemblage literature, the cosmopolitical ontology offers a fresh and innovative perspective on urban politics. By analyzing two controversies in Lebanon, this article illustrates how polluted spaces become contested areas and weaken institutional and political governance. The development of localized knowledge plays a crucial role in empowering local actors, but when controversies become prolonged, entrenched political actors can manipulate them for their own advantage.
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Development Studies
Jonathan M. Fisk, Joseph A. Aistrup, Binita Mahato, John C. Morris
Summary: State policymaking plays a central role in oil and gas disputes, with proponents focusing on affordable energy and economic benefits, while opponents raise concerns about environmental threats. This paper examines two Colorado ballot initiatives in 2018, one supported and one opposed by the oil and gas industry, and identifies natural amenities, livelihood, and population change as important factors for further study.
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Development Studies
Xiying Luo, Xin Liu, Wei Liu
Summary: This study finds that government environmental subsidies have a positive impact on corporate carbon performance, improving it by alleviating financial constraints and enhancing environmental information disclosure. The improving effect of government environmental subsidies on carbon performance is particularly significant in state-owned enterprises, firms with higher executive environmental awareness, and firms with higher media attention.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT & DEVELOPMENT
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Geography
Krity Gera, Peter Hasdell
Summary: This paper examines the challenges and barriers faced by urban marginalized women in accessing public spaces and streets from a gender perspective. The study uses a combination of GPS and ethnography to explore the socio-spatial factors that impact mobility and access. The findings reveal that gender-related issues act as barriers to the mobility and access of these women, and that socio-spatial factors play a crucial role in shaping their daily travel experiences.
JOURNAL OF URBAN MOBILITY
(2023)
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Geography
Andreas Hahn, Christina Pakusch, Gunnar Stevens
Summary: This study presents the case of Bonn, Germany, where measures are being taken to reduce traffic emissions by expanding public transport services. The results show that expanding services can reduce individual traffic, especially on the city's main traffic axes, and improve air quality.
JOURNAL OF URBAN MOBILITY
(2023)
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Geography
Giulia Ceccarelli, Federico Messa, Andrea Gorrini, Dante Presicce, Rawad Choubassi
Summary: Planning sustainable urban mobility is a major challenge for European cities. This study proposes a methodology for long-term camera-based monitoring for assessing temporary street experiments and monitoring pedestrian and vehicular flows. The study found a 43% increase in cumulative dwell time after the redevelopment intervention. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of using sensors and innovative analysis technologies in supporting urban regeneration interventions.
JOURNAL OF URBAN MOBILITY
(2023)
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Regional & Urban Planning
Stephanie Wyeth
Summary: The global pandemic has had significant impacts on urban planning policy and practice in South East Queensland. The findings from interviews with practicing planners indicate a desire to re-examine the fundamental aspects of urban policy and practice, and emphasize the importance of involving both early career and established professionals in shaping the future of cities.
AUSTRALIAN PLANNER
(2023)
