This thesis explores the proposition that growth and development in the screen and creative industries is not confined to the major capital cities. Lifestyle considerations, combined with advances in digital technology, convergence and greater access to broadband are altering requirements for...

The Internet has been viewed as an opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to efficiently compete in the global arena with their larger counterparts by overcoming distance and size. However, research has shown that actual uptake of Internet e-commerce by SMEs has been lagging behind...

The paper begins with a case study of CORPORATION X, a small global corporation which specializes in the production and sale of brand-name textile and apparel goods. CORPORATION X is a real company but emphasis is placed on the logical implications of its structure and organization for the...

The present paper examines the economic development perspectives of the manufacturing sector of 31 major West German regions in the process of globalisation. Public statistics do not provide FDI data on a regional basis. Therefore our study was based on indicators based on the data from the...

This paper addresses the coordination and innovation issues needed for promoting value added at the rural and regional level. Thereare two sides to value added: the ability to meet consumer demand, and to identify least cost ways of supplying the demanded goods. Humanand social capital plays an...

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The study aimed at identifying factors limiting the Tietê and Paraná valleys economic growth. Specifically, it analyzed the importance of the capital stocks for economic growth of these and the other counties in São Paulo State. Nine factors were generated by Principal Components Method to...

Studies indicate the existence of a situation of underdevelopmentin the southern half of Rio Grande do Sul, directly correlated withthe farming and rice culture crises. The later suffers from the macroeconomicpolicies linked to the opening of the economy and with the pressuresof the increase of...

This paper proposes that a virtuous circle for the sustainable development of a city or region is achieved through a process whereby proactive and strong leadership and effective institutions enhance the capacity and capability of a place to better use its resource endowments and gain an...

The expansion and contraction of the coal mining industry in Australia has placed pressure on regional communities and environments and multiplied the extent, magnitude and profile of cumulative impacts. While some mining communities have benefited from the expansion of the coal industry through...