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- Arvemo, Tobias, 1970-, et al.
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Employment and Economic Activity in Different Swedish Border Regions
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015. Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 45-57
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study investigate how the effect of cross border activities between Sweden and its three Nordic neighbours influence the Swedish local economies along the border using municipal data from 2009. Two measures for the local economies are examined, economic activity (measured by gross pay per inhabitant) and employment rates. The Swedish border regions where divided into four regions: The Swedish border to Finland, The Swedish border to the part of Norway not included in the Oslo labour market, The Swedish border to the Oslo labour market, and the Swedish-Danish border region. The regression models show how the the regions compare to the Swedish average when controlled for market structure and accessibility to population. For Sweden's border regions to Denmark and the Oslo labour market there are significant improvements in both economic activity and employment rates when the border activity is included. The improvement is highest for the Oslo border regions. For the Swedish border to Finland and to the part of Norway not included inte the Olso labour market the border activity has no significant influence on either economic activity or employment rates.
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- Assmo, Per, et al.
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Local Policy Entrepreneurs and Sustainable Development in Rural Areas
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015. Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 59-74
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- Bernhard, Irène, 1953-
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The Role of Local Destination Management Organizations for Destination Development focusing on E-government and Networks. Case studies from Scandinavia
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015. Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 123-139
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article reports on destination development from the perspective of the field of tourism, explored by a descriptive study comparing three local Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) focusing on e-government and networks. Local DMOs are often founded by local municipalities and enterprises in conjunction to promote the tourism industry. This study includes three cases in Scandinavia, having inland water areas in common, situated in regions that are undergoing structural change. The research method is based on case study methodology with use of qualitative in-depth interviews and document studies. This research provides insight into and deeper understanding of some important aspects regarding the use of e-government and networks that contribute to destination development in an Scandinavian context.
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- Bernhard, Irène, 1953-, et al.
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The Role of Local E-government for Satisfied Citizens : Towards Sustainable Development?
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015. Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 141-153
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective of this paper is to study the role of local e-government regarding citizens view of municipality service, information and accessibility to municipality service. The main hypothesis was that municipalities with high degree of pro-activity regarding e-government are municipalities with high degree of satisfied citizens. Satisfaction among citizens was studied by using a national survey which is performed twice ever year. The survey normally includes roughly 130 municipalities out of the 290 municipalities in Sweden. The number of randomly selected individuals per municipality is usually 600 in smaller municipalities and 1200 in larger municipalities. In this study we focus on the following dimensions: Overall satisfaction, Satisfaction with response and accessibility and Satisfaction with influence and confidence.The results implies that e-government and satisfied citizens are correlated. The correlations between the e-variables: e-proactivity, e-strategy, e-information/transparency, e-interaction were all significantly correlated to the satisfaction indices. The correlations were generally of medium strength, i.e. around 0.2-0.4. There were no significant correlations between in real life interactions, strategy for democracy and the satisfaction indices.
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- Laitila, Thomas, 1960-, et al.
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Commuting and the Economic Milieu : An Investigation of the Choice to Commute Related to Labor Demand, Worker Competition and Wage
- 2015
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Ingår i: Regional Development in an International Context. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 369-380
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We calculate aggregate economic-milieu variables and use them as explanatory variables to study the Swedish commuting pattern. The variables are of accessibility type (i.e. spatially discounted) and are logarithmic ratios. We start from the assumption of utility maximizing individuals. The probability to commute using a link increases with expected utility. We apply two models: the quantity model and the wage model. The explanatory power is high and the results are as expected. Labor demand is positively related to utility. Worker competition is negatively related to utility. Wage is positively related to utility. A municipality, which isnot a regional center, can strive to increase the number of jobs within the municipality. The second best, for such a municipality, is that jobs are available in the municipality that is the regional center. Otherwise, the municipality and region will economically decline.
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- Nehls, Eddy, 1965-
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Best Practice in Destination Development is Always a Different Practice
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015. Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 467-477
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- Olsson, Michael, 1966-
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The Swedish Commuting Pattern : A Constrained Gravity Model with Housing-Expenditure and Income Constraints
- 2015
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Ingår i: Uddevalla Symposium 2015: Regional Development in an International Context. Regional, National, Cross Border and International Factors for Growth and Development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170 ; , s. 479-486
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Johansson et al.(2002, 2003) estimated a constrained gravity model to capture distance-friction parameters present in the commuting pattern in Sweden. In this paper the same model is once more estimated to investigate the change over time. This investigation is fruitful, since one major deviation from the earlier results is observed. I also extend the model to incorporate wages and house prices. It turns out that these additional constraints have only minor effects on the distance friction. This is important, since the distance friction is used as input in calculating accessibility and potential measures used in many studies.
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- Wixe, Sofia
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Firm knowledge, neighborhood diversity and innovation
- 2015
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Ingår i: Regional development in an international context: regional, national, cross border and international factors for growth and development. - Trollhättan : University West. - 9789187531170
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