Part I Country-level developments -- The Competitiveness of EU Member States from Central and Eastern Europe in 2007–2014 -- Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth -- Facilitating the Outward Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI) – The Perspective of Support Providers in Poland in...

The studies in this two-volume work shed new light on the range and viability of the emerging corporate governance institutions in the transitional economies of Central Europe. Regional specialists and experts on corporate governance in advanced economies examine the emerging forms of ownership...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Innovation and Regional Development -- Chapter 3. Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants -- Chapter 4. Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Interregional Migration: Reexamination of Population Redistribution in Russia at the late Soviet Period (Kazuhiro Kumo) -- Chapter 3. Clustering of Small and Medium-Sized Cities in Russia Based on the Assessment of Knowledge Spillovers Localization (Tatyana...

The rise of CCIs: setting the scene -- In pursuit of creativity in CCIs -- An original framework for the identification of creativity in CCIs -- Location behaviours of CCIs: towards new research trajectories -- Where is creativity? Data and methodology to measure CCIs across EU regions --...

This book develops spatial interaction models for the analysis of human interaction within space, in terms of both accessibility and land use. Presenting case studies on the Azores and Morocco, it covers applications in various regions of Europe and Africa. The respective models simulate land...