Rationale -- Methodology -- Study Context -- PNDL at the Crossroads Between Sociology, Public Management and Public Finance: Towards a Theoretical Approach -- Key Findings -- Update 2020: Has Anything Changed in Between? -- Update 2020: What Is the Relevance of Studying PNDL in the Context of...

Introduction. The Western Balkans between continuity and change -- Territorial development and governance in the Western Balkans -- New European regionalism: Regional planning in the ex-Yugoslavian countries -- The challenge of public participation. Evidences from Albania and Kosovo -- The...

1. Introduction -- 2. Theory-E3 India -- 3. Data Construction and Sources -- 4. Application of E3 India model in Agriculture and Food Processing Sector -- 5. Impact of Electronic System and Design Manufacturing (ESDM) and IT Policy in Selected Regions -- 6. Regional Impact of Automobile Policy...

Introduction -- Chapter One: The Rural–urban Division -- Chapter Two: Literature Review -- Chapter Three: Policies and Institutions Concerning Resource Flow -- Chapter Four: Methodology -- Chapter Five: Peasants’ View -- Chapter Six: Officials’ View -- Chapter Seven: Quantitative Results...

Chapter 1.Regional Innovation and Evolution -- Chapter 2.Typifying Facts of Regional Innovation in China -- Chapter 3.Theoretical Explanation of the Innovation Spatial Distribution -- Chapter 4.Design of Regional Innovation Process Matrix -- Chapter 5.Application: Regional Innovation Model --...

1. Introduction -- 2. Development and Dualism -- 3. Agglomeration, Institutions, and Social Capital: Main Concepts & Methodologies -- 4. Mitigating Dualism and Exploiting the Interplay of Policy-Social Capital -- 5. Summary.

This book discusses the latest theoretical advances in regional innovation research, presents empirical cases involving the development of regional innovation systems (RISs), and explores regional innovation policy approaches. Grounded in the extensive literature on RISs, it addresses...

Economic and financial crises have brought the rise of unemployment, reduction of economic growth and emergence of global imbalances and tensions as countries and regions have suffered the effects of a variety of internal and external shocks. In this context of constant disruption, the...

This book is the first systematic exposition of advances in Kaiyu studies carried out by the author and his colleagues in Japan and other parts of Asia. Consumer shop-around behavior is referred to as Kaiyu in Japanese, a term widely used in several fields such as city planning, marketing, real...

1. Introduction -- 2. Political Leadership in Regional Community-Building: Developing Research Agenda -- 3. Political Will and Capacity of the Individual Leaders -- 4. State Capacity and Leadership in ASEAN and the EU -- 5. Legitimacy and Leadership in ASEAN and the EU: A further look at...