The question of the determinants of inter-regional knowledge flows has received a growing interest in the recent past. Particularly, the question of the relationship between geography and networks has been debated. Yet, at the inter-regional level, there is no study assessing the effect of...

We suggest and empirically substantiate that the global production network constitutes an important variable for inflation inequality, as it modulates the impact of cost-push shocks on households. For most price shocks, the production network reduces inflation inequality, however, at the expense...

In 2010 the World Health Organisation dedicated the Word Health Day to urbanization and health, highlighting the impacts of urban living on physical and mental health. This is because it is increasingly acknowledged that cities face various problems that undermine the quality of urban life,...

This paper examines the direction of causality between the Internet infrastructure (cyber-place), as is reflected in the accumulated international Internet backbone capacity, and economic development of the European city regions. On the basis of previous research which highlights the uneven...

The level of interest in smart cities is growing, and the recent literature on this topic (Holland, 2008; Caragliu et al., 2009, Nijkamp et al., 2011 and Lombardi et al., 2012) identifies a number of factors that characterise a city as smart, such as economic development, environment, human capital,...

The topic of smart city is very actual and popular today. This is an urban development and management mode, what using the infocommunication technologies and smart devices and solutions, to made the city more effective, more environmental-friendly and more liveable for the citizens. However,...

This paper aims at outlining a conceptual framework for the analysis of European cities' potential development trajectories. It is therefore oriented towards understanding future performances – in the awareness that they may be very different, more than they have been until now. Understanding...