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Handbook of regional growth and development theories

Nijkamp, Peter (contributor); Capello, Roberta (contributor) - 2009

Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...

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Handbook of regional growth and development theories

Capello, Roberta (ed.); Nijkamp, Peter (ed.) - 2019 - revised and extended second edition

geography and other recent theories / Kieran P. Donaghy -- 5. Leadership, institutions and regional economic development and …. Institutions and regional development / T.R. Lakshmanan and Ken J. Button -- 26. Regional policy: Rationale, foundations and … also be a useful tool for experts in international institutions researching regional growth …

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Creative knowledge cities : myths, visions and realities

Geenhuizen, Marina S. van (ed.); Nijkamp, Peter (ed.) - 2012

This book adopts a holistic, integrated and pragmatic approach to exploring the myths, concepts, policies, key conditions and tools for enhancing creative knowledge cities, as well as expounding potentially negative impacts of knowledge based city policies. The authors provide a critical...

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Comparative environmental economic assessment

Willis, Kenneth George (contributor); … - 2002

Over the last decade, economists have increasingly recognized the role of meta-analysis and value transfer in synthesizing knowledge and efficiently exploiting the existing pool of knowledge. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment explores the potential significance of using these...

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The economics of cultural diversity

Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); Poot, Jacques (ed.); … - 2015

The populations of many countries in the world are becoming more culturally diverse. This spurs a growing need for an informed debate on the socio-economic implications of cultural diversity. This book offers a solid statistical and econometric perspective on this topical subject by bringing...

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New directions in regional economic development : the role of entrepreneurship theory and methods, practice and policy

Desai, Sameeksha (ed.); Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); … - 2011

The introduction of endogenous growth theory has led to new interest in the role of the entrepreneur as an agent driving technical change at the local regional level. This book examines theoretical and methodological issues surrounding the interface of the entrepreneur in regional growth...

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Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets

R. Stough, Roger (ed.); Kourtit, Karima (ed.); … - 2018

The aging and migration megatrends and their impact on spatial - regional and local - labor market performance is the core theme of this book, and thus together define its scope and focus. The contributions provide an overview of key aging and migration issues in various countries together with...

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Impact Assessment in Tourism Economics

Matias, Álvaro (ed.); Nijkamp, Peter (ed.); … - 2016

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...

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Innovation, Growth and Competitiveness : Dynamic Regions in the Knowledge-Based World Economy

Nijkamp, Peter - 2011

Introduction -- PartI: Economic Growth in a Knowledge - Based Economy -- Part II: Globalisation, Competitiveness and Growth -- Part III: The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth

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Tourism Economics : Impact Analysis

Matias, Álvaro - 2011

The assessment of local, regional or national impacts of an influx of tourists - of different kind and origin - has in recent years become a new challenge for economics research in the tourism sector. There is a clear need to develop solid methodologies through which the socio-economic impacts...

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