Smart specialisation features prominently in the European regional policy context. This paper discusses how the configuration of the regional institutional framework affects smart specialisation dynamics and policy. It elaborates why and how institutional diversity and integration promote...

Este artículo tiene como objetivo realizar un análisis sobre el desarrollo institucional y susperspectivas en el Valle de Aburrá a la luz de la teoría del desarrollo endógeno. Partiendo de larevisión del concepto de desarrollo institucional se examinan algunas experiencias de...

This paper suggests a holistic framework for assessment and improvement of management strategies for conservation of natural resources in agriculture. First, it incorporates an interdisciplinary approach (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Ecology, Technology, Behavioral and...

The introduction of digital equipment is undoubtedly a technological and organizational innovation in a Local Plan for Economic Insertion. However, the actors of this structure qualify this equipment as a social innovation. Why do they use this qualification? This article is based on a...

This article is based on field studies in rural West Africa. It concentrates on the socio-structural effects of development aid in the long run, in contrast to numerous available evaluation reports on the short-run effects of development projects. The study reveals that superficial...

This paper incorporates interdisciplinary New Institutional Economics and suggests a holistic framework for assessing the forms and efficiency of environmental management in agriculture. First, it defines environmental management as a specific system of social order regulating behaviour and...

Il saggio (work in progress) tratta della necessità di potenziare nel nostro paese le attività di miglioramento della regolazione (better regulation), anche attraverso crescenti iniziative di valutazione d'impatto della stessa. In particolare, l'autore si sofferma sull'analisi delle...

Caffyn A. and Dahlstrom M. (2005) Urban-rural interdependencies: joining up policy in practice, Regional Studies 39 , 283-296. 'Urban' and 'rural' are commonly used in an oppositional fashion. Authorities and agencies have similarly developed policies for development and regeneration in Britain...

The study discusses the differences in the investment capacity of the Bulgarian municipalities, districts and planning regions. It analyzes and evaluates the ranking and differentiation of the territorial entities by indexes of investment capacity in 2003 and 2004; and the dynamics of the changes in...

Economic convergence or non-convergence between countries and regions continues to attract analytical attention in Europe. To converge in real terms and not only in terms of nominal variables is one of the basic aims of the European Union Treaty. A first objective of this paper is to offer an...