Europe is undergoing simultaneous processes of integration and systemic transformation. Within this process, the Balkan region can be seen as being on the periphery of both processes. On the one hand, the process of economic transformation is both slower and less deep in the Balkan region, and...

This article examines the current status, limits, prospects, and policies of cross-border cooperation in the border zone of Albania, Bulgaria, FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), and Greece on the basis of a survey sample of 291 manufacturing firms located near the borders in all four...