Informal institutions such as culture, trust, social relations, norms or values have a strong effect on countries’ development patterns, their role being enhanced in those states where formal institutions are poorly regulated. Therefore, in order to foster economic development, institutional...

The objective of this paper is to provide a spatial distribution of creative economy in European Union, in 2011. For this purpose, we measure creative economy by proposing a five dimensions index. The results are displayed in the Creative Economy Map of EU. The further discussions highlight the...

This article brings into question the increasing importance of creativity as a factor for regional development. For this purpose, it is briefly discussed the fine connection between culture, creativity and regional development and how creativity can increase the development of a region and...

The subject considered (e.g. dividing a country into a developed center and a periphery underdeveloped) was the subject of early researches in regional development. This paper aims to present the studies from the literature undertaken in the domain of a center-periphery structure. In the first...