Globalization has become one of the most debated issues of our times. Considering that many of the approaches to this phenomenon do not have an answer yet, we are still dealing with multiple interpretations, some even contradictory. The globalization of the world economy entails common standards...

The present research underlies on the idea that recently in both governmental long term strategies and economic theories regions are considered as centers of economic growth and as hubs in the spillover of knowledge and that innovation is a critical component of long-term economic prosperity....

A region’s competitiveness is the product of its creative, attractive and maintenance activities which may increase its influence, assuming that for a sustainable economic development there are needed both the existence of resources and the implementation of some policies conductive to...