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Rethinking Canadian Economic Growth and Development since 1900 : The Quebec Case
Geloso, Vincent - 2017
This book upturns many established ideas regarding the economic and social history of Quebec, the Canadian province that is home to the majority of its French population. It places the case of Quebec into the wider question of convergence in economic history and whether proactive governments...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397821
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Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe : Spatial Disparities and Human Capital
Fratesi, Ugo (ed.); Fonseca, Madalena (ed.) - 2017
The book is aimed at a wide audience, including academics, economic geography, spatial planning and regional policy researchers, institutional leaders and managers, national and institutional policy makers, practitioners, administrators, master's and senior bachelor's students on related...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398235
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Economic Growth in the Regions of Europe : Theory and Empirical Evidence from a Spatial Growth Model
Sardadvar, Sascha - 2011
1 Introduction -- Part I: Theory of Economic Growth -- 2 Neoclassical Growth Theory and Standard Models -- 3 Growth Models with Spatial Externalities -- 4 Convergence: Theory and Evidence -- Part II: A Model of Regional Growth -- 5 Remarks on Regional Growth -- 6 Structure of the Model -- 7...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015240
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Managing Development : Measures of Success and Failure in Development
Frankel, Ernst G. - 2005
This book presents a critical view of economic development in the last 50 years and evaluates different approaches taken that led to success or failure. It covers development policies, methods, procedures, as well as development project selection and how the one-size-fits-all approach taken by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012053778
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Regional Advantage and Innovation : Achieving Australia's National Outcomes
Kinnear, Susan - 2013
Regional areas are key building blocks of society in many countries. This compilation uses Australian case study examples to demonstrate how regional areas are uniquely well-placed to contribute to national goals in innovation, infrastructure provision, water and food security, environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016298
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Wirtschaftliche Resilienz in deutschsprachigen Regionen
Wink, Rüdiger - 2016 - 1. Aufl. 2016
-- Resilienzpolitik als neues Paradigma regionaler Wirtschaftspolitik?. . …, und das Wirtschaftswachstum sank lediglich relativ kurzfristig im unmittelbaren weltweiten Wirtschaftskrisenjahr 2009. Die … Fallstudienregionen · Resilienzpolitik als neues Paradigma regionaler Wirtschaftspolitik? Die Autoren Rüdiger Wink ist Professor für …
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Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance
Crescenzi, Riccardo - 2013
The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016403
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EU Eastern Neighborhood : Economic Potential and Future Development
Dabrowski, Marek - 2011
The Development Gap Between the CIS and EU -- East-West Integration: A Geographical Economics Approach -- Deep Integration with the EU: Impact on Selected ENP Countries and Russia -- Energizing EU-FSU Relations: Challenges and Opportunities -- The Motives and Impediments to FDI in the CIS --...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014015490
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The Geography of Underdevelopment : Institutions and the Impact of Culture
Khawar, Mariam - 2017
This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern. It argues that there is a missing component in the geography versus institutions debate, namely the role of culture and its impact either directly on development or indirectly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398281
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Global Giant : Is China Changing the Rules of the Game?
Paus, Eva (ed.); Prime, Penelope B. (ed.); Western, Jon (ed.) - 2009
This volume contains essays from outsourcing experts that explore the current state China. The essays cover everything from China's rapidly increasing demand for imported energy to global warming to the question of whether China is or is not rapidly becoming a world class power in military,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106286