This book focuses on the competitive situation and policy outlook of China’s provincial economy in the 13th five-year period. It begins with a general evaluation report on the country’s provincial comprehensive Economic Competitiveness, followed by analyses at the international, national and...

This book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and...

Regional governance is a topical public policy issue and is receiving increased attention from scholars, government officials and civic leaders. As countries continue to urbanize and centralize economic functions and population in metropolitan regions, the traditional governing system is not...

Chapter 1: Long distance commuting in Australia -- Chapter 2: The socio-economic impacts of long distance commuting on people and communities -- Chapter 3: Analysing the spatial distribution of changing labour force dynamics in the Pilbara -- Chapter 4: Reshaping rural communities “at a...

Einführung -- Wissen und Innovationen -- Wissenstransfer im Raum -- Wissensspillover und Wissensexternalitäten -- Arten der Nähe -- Politische Unterstützung der Innovationsgenerierung -- Politische Unterstützung für Kooperationen und Netzwerke -- Evolutorische Wirtschaftsgeopraphie und...

Zum Gegenstand der Untersuchung -- Gründungsforschung: Definitorische Abgrenzungen und theoretische Ansätze -- Konzeptionelle Ansätze zur Gründungsausbildung -- Status-Quo-Analyse der Gründungsprofessuren -- Hochschulorientierte Unterstützungsnetzwerke und regionale Selbstorganisation --...

Part I: Theoretical Setting for Regional Strategies and Regional Success -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Foundation and Literature Review -- Part II: Development of a Regional Success Factor Model for the Analysis of the Regional Strategy-Success Relationship -- 3 Structural Equation...

Spatial Econometrics is a rapidly evolving field born from the joint efforts of economists, statisticians, econometricians and regional scientists. The book provides the reader with a broad view of the topic by including both methodological and application papers. Indeed the application papers...

This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. The book not only presents different model specifications and their corresponding estimators, but...

Current LCA methodologies employed to assess the intensity of environmental impacts lack a regional view, even though the sensitivity of the receiving environment is important in determining the specific levels of risks. This book seeks to redress the balance and develop a globally applicable,...