A globális válság szerte a világban a követett gyakorlat és gazdaságfilozófia felülvizsgálatára kényszeríti a szereplőket: egyéneket, vállalatokat és államokat egyaránt. A közgazdászoknak jött el az ideje, akik a nyomtatott és elektronikus médiában versengve keresik a...

Global problems, rapid and massive regional changes in the 21st century call for genuine long-term, awareness, planning and well focused actions from both national governments and international organizations. This book wishes to contribute to building an innovative path of strategic views in...

In the recent years we have observed a strong movement to provide alternatives for innovative economic development, to considerproblems relating to poverty and income generation. The study of the productive chain of fruits in the northern region of the state ofEspirito Santo, Brazil, seeks to...

With the goal to build capacity for better competing in the global market, public and private entities all over the world are adopting new ways to identify their human capital and improve their economic productivity. The independent inventor can be a core part of that human capital base....

Each year the Southern Growth Policies Board conducts a major policy research project to explore a vital issue related to economic development. A central component of the research project is to gather the opinions and experiences of citizens across the South. Partners are recruited across the...

Being heavily energy dependent, it is not much of a surprise that Europe pays special attention to reducing the use of fossil fuels. Each one of the ten new member states is characterized by relatively low per capita energy consumption and relatively low energy efficiency, and the share of...

The manufacturing sector is leaving the West for Asia’s low wages and good working culture. Europe would be better off keeping these manufacturing activities, slowing down wage inflation and what is more, letting a young, cheaper workforce from the East settle down within their borders. This...

With the growing environmental crisis affecting our globe, ideas to weigh economic or social progress by the ‘energy input’ necessary to achieve it are increasingly gaining acceptance. This question is intriguing and is being dealt with by a growing number of studies, focusing on the...

In this paper, we construct a composite indicator to estimate the potential of four Central and Eastern European countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) to benefit from productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector. Such transfers...