This paper provides the role of innovation in regional development. The most important factors and stakeholders for the success of regional development are presented, such as industries, SME's and large companies, which do business in a specific region, local educational organizations,...

Tourism has been an important factor for national and local development. Local taxes on tourism could increase local revenues which in turn could upgrade local environment. This paper proposes a model of urban renaissance and redevelopment of the local tourist industry, based on the levying of a...

In this paper, we offer a comprehensive analysis of the structure of the Dim Sum bond market. We show that Dim Sum bonds usually have a short maturity and that the market is dominated by issuers from the banking sector. In our analysis of the determinants of Dim Sum bond bid-ask spread, we find...

The article attempts to map the alternative forms of tourism and to outline the area of Corfu with its comparative advantages and as a goal, the viability of its tourism. Planning of regional policy of Ionian Islands focused on Corfu, should be formed in such a way that the main objective should...

Large urban centers gather the largest proportion of the population, both globally and nationally. In order to coexist a large number of residents in a city, that city must evolve continuously in order to meet and satisfy their needs. In addition, it is imperative to develop a series of...

Immigration is the movement of people to a country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship. In recent years, European countries have been experiencing uncontrolled influxes of migrants. To manage them, both the European Union (EU) as a supranational institution and...

Since the mid-1980s, most countries, especially the developing, have become more open to foreign direct investment (FDI) aiming to benefit from its fiscal development contributions, as countries with a high level of investment systematically achieve higher levels of development. Accordingly,...