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Cluster Requiem and the Rise of Cumulative Growth Theory
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Author
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Kunkle, Gary
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Public administration
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Description
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Industry cluster theory has been the predominant model guiding economic development policy throughout the world for nearly two decades. As appealing as the cluster approach has been to regional scientists and policy makers it suffers from a number...
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Information Technology and Criminal Investigations: Does IT Matter?
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Author
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Hekim, Hakan
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science
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Description
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As an important police activity, criminal investigation heavily relies on recovery, analysis and interpretation of information. Since information technologies facilitate creation, storage, retrieval, process and dissemination of information, polic...
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Local Public Sector Allocation of Scarce Emergency Assets: An Evaluation of the Fire Service
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Author
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Boyd, Jr., Robert
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, Public administration
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Description
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The methodology utilized by public sector managers to allocate scarce resources determines the level, efficiency, and effectiveness of service delivery. These decisions are influenced by a myriad of factors, not the least of which is the ideal goa...
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The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
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Author
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Li, Huiping
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
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The Incentives and Effects of Unnecessary Emergency Ambulance Transport
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Author
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Deziel, Jackson
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Economics, Medical sciences
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Description
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In the EMS field, the problem of low-acuity, non-emergency individuals who summon an emergency ambulance for simple transport to a local hospital is ever-present. Any person may summon an emergency ambulance and receive transport for the most mino...
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The Relationship between School Built Environment and Student Achievement in Pakistan
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Author
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Begum, Nahida
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Environmental sciences, Ecology, Education and state
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Description
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Schools in Pakistan face many challenges, ranging from lack of qualified teachers to insufficient teaching resources. Another obstacle is the low quality of school built environment. Some important built environment factors include an available wa...
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The impact of police agency size on crime clearance rates
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Author
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Kennedy, William
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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Public administration
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Description
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The impact of police agency size on the ability of those agencies to deliver necessary police services is a question critical to many policy makers as they attempt to determine the best and most efficient manner to provide police services to their...
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Title
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Three Essays on Conflict and Displacement: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria
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Author
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Thompson, Peter
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Political science, International relations, Area studies
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Description
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Establishing peaceful post-conflict communities requires returning and reintegrating those who left during the violence. With the United Nations and other institutions investing substantial resources to rebuild communities that have experienced vi...
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Transit Riders and Access to Bus Service: A Neighborhood Analysis
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Author
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Wells, Kirstin
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Public administration, Transportation--Planning
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Description
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Intra-jurisdictional delivery of publicly provided services often results in observable differences in service levels that vary by spatial subunit (neighborhood). These variations are related to the socio-demographic characteristics of neighborhoo...
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Why nations succeed? Distribution and reach of the state power
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Author
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Cekic, Nejra
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Political science, Economics
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Description
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What explains the difference in the performance of the world’s nations? Why do some succeed, and others fail? I argue that the primary determinants of development are two dimensions of a country’s institutional setting. The purpose of this study i...
