Financial globalisation during the 1990s impinged upon world savings and investment flows, macroeconomic developments, challenges confronting policy makers, international investors and financial market regulators. Experiences of the last two decades reveal that international financial markets...

Small and medium size enterprises make 99,3% of all Lithuanian enterprises, which ought to sustain their competitive advantage in the enlarging global market and apply it to attain the micro and macro economic goals of the country. This investigative paper thoroughly evaluates EU Structural...

The gross fixed capital of the Czech agriculture is one of the lowest in the EU. Low investment influences the cost/revenue ratio and the efficiency of agricultural production and total competitiveness of agricultural production consequently. European programmes supporting investment to...

Stimulating economic growth is one of the key issues of economic sciences. The European Union has developed several policies and has allocated a considerable budget to reduce economic disparities among its members. The states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 undertake extensive efforts to...

Artículo de revista ; In December 2020 the European Council approved the regulation establishing the European Union (EU) Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 and the Next Generation EU recovery facility. Both mechanisms will help provide in the coming years for financing worth €1.8...

Following the accession to the European Union, Romania and the other former communist countries are facing multiple problems in their attempt to reduce the economic and social disparities between them and the older members of the EU. In order to support the efforts of the young members in...

The variability of demographic trends at the subnational scale, particularly internal and international migration, renders subnational population forecasting more difficult than at the national scale. Illustrating the uncertainty of the demographic future for subnational regions is therefore a...

China’s Creative Industries explores the role of new technologies, globalization and higher levels of connectivity in re-defining relationships between ‘producers’ and ‘consumers’ in 21st century China. The evolution of new business models, the impact of state regulation, the rise of...

This paper revisits the welfare economics of fashion from the standpoint of evolutionary economics. Whilst accepting that fashion-focused consumption may have an element of status-seeking behaviour about it, which may be of questionable value in welfare terms, the paper emphasizes that fashion...

There is an increasing appreciation for the role that facilitating institutions play in successful innovation. Most commonly these institutions are discussed and analysed as innovation systems. National Innovation Systems were the first type identified, and a range of other forms of innovation...