The paper provides discussion about the administration arrangement of Georgia and assesses the possibilities of development of the regions in terms of existing approaches. The approaches to the economic development of the regions in Georgia don’t respond to the challenges faced by the country...

This study investigated the attitudes and perceptions of nurse managers regarding cost containment issues in selected public hospitals in the Port Elizabeth metropole of the Eastern Cape. Four hospitals participated in the study, and 211 nurse managers completed questionnaires. The results...

This paper asks how NAFTA affected income distribution within Mexico considering changes in internalmigration. Trade liberalization should theoretically increase the income of low-skilled workers in low-skilled labor-abundantdeveloping countries. Thus, by increasing the wages of poorer workers,...

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the European regional development funds do not allow simultaneous achievement of goals of efficiency and equity when they are dedicated to financing transportation infrastructures. The paper first gives some insights on the origin of regional...

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that the European regional development funds do not allow simultaneous achievement of goals of efficiency and equity when they are dedicated to financing transportation infrastructures. The paper first gives some insights on the history and the...

В данной статье анализируются теорети- ческие и практические аспекты оценки конкурентоспособности регионов и приводятся методические предложения. Проведен...

Mit der Erweiterung der Europäischen Union haben sich die wirtschaftlichen Bedingungenfür die Entwicklung der Regionen in den neuen EU-Beitrittsländern Mittelosteuropasnachhaltig verändert. Dabei ist zu beobachten, dass sich die Angleichungzwischen den Volkswirtschaften in den wichtigsten...

The article deals with problems of economic development and regional disparities in the Czech Republic and changes of the disparities from 1995 to 2005 among Czech regions.

With respect to the prepared accession of the Czech Republic into the EU it is necessary to identify oneself with trends and rules of the EU in the field of rural development. The new demarcation of regions (of rural districts in the Czech republic) in harmony with the common methodology of OECD...

From macroeconomics perspective entrepreneurship of natural persons can be not infrequently perceived as a marginal matter. Close-up view however shows that on the lower economical level the analysis of the physical persons entrepreneurial activities can contribute to explanation of regional...