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Incentives, regulations and plans : the role of states and nation-states in smart growth planning
Knaap, Gerrit-Jan (contributor) - 2007
This unique book allows readers to compare analyses of how North American states and European nation-states use incentives, regulations or plans to approach a core set of universal land use issues such as: containing sprawl, mixed use development, transit oriented development, affordable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420036
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Leadership and institutions in regional endogenous development
Stimson, Robert John - 2009
regional development initiatives involving leadership and institutional factors : case studies from North America, Europe and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851764
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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development
Smallbone, David (contributor); Virtanen, Markku (contributor) - 2016
development -- 4. Entrepreneurship and industrial policy in Ireland / Colm O'Gorman and Declan Curran -- 5. Towards Europe: the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419809
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Regional competitiveness and smart specialization in Europe : place-based development in international economic networks
Thissen, Mark; Oort, Frank van; Diodato, Dario; Ruijs, Arjan - 2013
Smart Specialization in Europe offers a new methodology and a framework in order to promote the smart specialization of … particular circumstances in Europe, discusses regional competitiveness from a conceptual perspective and explores both past and … future regional development policies in Europe. The authors illustrate that for the concept of regional competition to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851310
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Globalization trends and regional development : dynamics of FDI and human capital flows
Capello, Roberta (ed.); Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce (ed.) - 2012
This timely book investigates the challenges that emerge for local economies when faced with the new globalization trends that characterize today’s world economy. In this instance, globalization is interpreted as a process of internationalization of production and markets which can take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851945
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Networks, space and competitiveness : evolving challenges for sustainable growth
Capello, Roberta (ed.); Dentinho, Tomaz Ponce (ed.) - 2012
The expert contributors illustrate that sources of regional competitiveness are strongly linked with spatially observable yet increasingly flexible realities, and include building advanced and efficient transport, communications and energy networks, changing urban and rural landscapes, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851144
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Entrepreneurship, social capital and governance : directions for the sustainable development and competitiveness of regions
Karlsson, Charlie (ed.); Johansson, Börje (ed.);  … - 2012
This book highlights the role of entrepreneurship, social capital and governance for regional economic development. In recent decades, many researchers have claimed that entrepreneurship is the most critical factor in sustaining regional economic growth. However, most entrepreneurship research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851226
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Sustainable development in Europe : concepts, evaluation and applications
Schubert, Uwe (contributor); Störmer, Eckhard (contributor) - 2007
, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable Development in Europe addresses these issues and presents an important and … Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420056
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Corporate social responsibility in Europe : rhetoric and realities
Barth, Regine (contributor); Wolff, Franziska (contributor) - 2009
The acid test of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is simply this: does it lead to positive impacts on society and the environment or is it just rhetoric? And if it does lead to positive impacts, how can these be enhanced? This timely book tackles this cutting-edge challenge by presenting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851187
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Innovation and the growth of cities
Ács, Zoltán J. - 2002
Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419981