Chapter 1. Introduction: Governance, Rent-seeking and Upgrading in Global Value Chains -- Part I: Interdisciplinary Theoretical Contributions – Framing The Debate -- Chapter 2. Contemporary Globalization and Value Systems: What Gains for Developing Countries? -- Chapter 3. Global Value Chains...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter-2. Sustainable Growth, Financial Stability and the Failure/Un-Constitutionality of the Dodd-Frank Act (USA) (and Similar Statutes in Other Countries) -- Chapter-3. Economic Psychology, Geopolitical Risk and the Un-Constitutionality of Credit Rating Agencies,...

1 Introduction -- 2 The Data: Productivity and Capital Differences across Countries and over Time -- 3 Two Complementary Frameworks to Study Convergence Clubs -- 4 Convergence Clubs in Labor Productivity -- 5 Convergence Clubs in Physical and Human Capital -- 6 Convergence Clubs in Total Factor...

This collection of essays covers a diverse set of topics related to household behavior and welfare. Prices play a key role in several of the essays, particularly the distributional implications of price movements, and the effects of changes in relative prices on inequality and poverty. This book...

Geotourism as promoter of sustainability development: A systematic review and research agenda -- The Estrela UNESCO Global Geopark Territorial Development Strategy: a holistic vision for the 21st Century -- Leveraging landscape: The first four years of UNESCO Global Geopark Odsherred -- Geopark...

Chapter 1: The Startup Common -- Part 1: Exploring the Startup Common -- Chapter 2: Creating Pillar Companies -- Chapter 3: Launching Startups from Universities -- Chapter 4: Deepening the Human Capital Pool -- Chapter 5: Sourcing Investment Capital -- Chapter 6: Building Mentor Networks --...

This book discusses the latest theoretical advances in regional innovation research, presents empirical cases involving the development of regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores regional innovation policy approaches. Grounded in the extensive literature on RISs, it addresses...

1. An International Perspective on Science and Technology Parks -- 2. The Strategic Choices that Science and Technology Parks Must Make -- 3. University Science and Technology Parks: A U.S. Perspective -- 4. Science Technology Parks and Close Relations: Heterogeneity, Context and Data -- 5. The...

Part I: The New Silk Road - An Overview of the Global Project -- Part II: A Global Phenomenon Explored Through Different Regional Views -- Part III: Different Viewpoints on Political, Socio-Economics, Cultural and Ecological Impacts of the New Silk Road -- Part IV: Tourism Perspectives.

This book presents a series of studies on the socio-economic impacts of tourism, with a special focus on the determinants of tourism competitiveness at the destination level. The authors offer a systematic overview of this important issue, presenting relevant empirical studies from different...