Economic growth is one of the ultimate goals of any economic system. The relationship between the development of the … regions and economic growth of the state is a subject of long-time debates. The regional development is influenced by many … factors that act differently depending on the region. The economic environment is characterized by non-linear turbulent …

Drawing on qualitative data from five focus group discussions (N=23), we developed a typology with migrant and refugee …, personal resilience and aspirations, and mental health. Based on these factors, our typology differentiates between four …

conditions of governance? 2. What is the role of clusters in the development of territorial processes of collective learning? 3 … very much determinative for its economic development potential, is the nature of its territorial organization of the … in it. This article seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion on the role of clusters as engines of economic and …

three levels of competitiveness: the country, the region and the tourism destination. Consequently, it draws attention to …, highlighting the critical aspects that must be considered when policy tries to increase the competitiveness of a particular region …This paper reviews the most important theoretical foundations of the spatial competitiveness conception, dealing with …

competitiveness, industrial development, innovation and growth. But, although cluster policies have a potential for generating … adopting the cluster approach either with a view to accelerate the existing clusters or for providing the basis for the … innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting …

industry with quite low level of labor skills and low level of the research-innovation-development triad. However, due to … the other hand, the creation of modern industrial entities similar to the economic clusters promoted in the European … economies. In this line of argument, the current paper attempts to answer questions such as: to what extent do clusters impact …

country competitiveness and, therefore, the quality of the investment environment. I applied the methodology used in the … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, and the pillars for this analysis are: Basic Requirements (Institutions … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, considering: the competitive advantage or disadvantage by comparing the Romanian …

This paper outlines elements of a conceptual framework that clarifies the role that clusters play relative to … European clusters. The data is used to analyze whether cluster presence is significantly correlated with higher wages, which as … Competitiveness Index and the European Cluster Observatory. We create indicators for New Growth Path performance and its main …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation …. The ultimate question is what kind of industrial policy development is required in the CEECs in the future that could … export competitiveness of CEECs, the concept of export competitiveness, and the role of exports in competitiveness …

concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline. A first section discusses … summarizes key findings from the previous research papers on the role of clusters in the New Growth Path (MS47) and on a new … concept of competitiveness that embeds beyond-GDP objectives (MS46). It then extends this work by deriving an initial set of …