In this paper we use a generalized entropy index such as the Theil index to analyze regional inequalities in Europe. We proved that there is a synchronization between the convergence and catching-up process of objective 1 regions towards the EU15 average with the reform of the EU regional...

If you want to run a successful regional policy you need to behave similar to the company manager: you need to have vision, mission, strategy and action plans. In Croatia, during the past 13 years, more than 100 official national and regional documents called "strategies", "programmes" or...

Science and technology is seen as the key factor supporting the performance of regional innovation systems. Furthermore, the innovation intensity in the region could be often crucial for regional economic development. Our research aims to examine the potential link between the economic...

This article discusses the Lisbon Agenda from the perspective of entrepreneurship policy. After a brief overview of the events leading up to the development of the Lisbon Agenda, the authors describe the goals and content of this policy framework as well as of the Structural Funds. Using...

The purpose of this research is to characterize and evaluate the results of economic development. In order to analyze the changes of economic development in different countries the index of economic development as share of sustainable development is used. The research characterizes economic...

The main objective of this paper is to compare the European Union's (EU) Regional Policy with the Regional Policy in Brazil. In this context, the transformations that have occurred in the last two decades in the policies and instruments that promote the economic and social development of the...

Dieses Teil-Positionspapier fokussiert das Themenfeld "Wirtschaft und Arbeit". Es steht im Zusammenhang mit den parallel erarbeiteten Positionspapieren der Arbeitsgruppe der ARL-Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft NRW und trägt mit diesen zusammen dazu bei, Zukunftsperspektiven ländlicher Räume in...

The development of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) in recent decades can be interpreted as one of the major factors in a transition from an industrial economy into a knowledge-based one. It is an increasingly common belief that KIBS not only perform innovation activities in the...

Gaziantep is one of the cities that have not got a serious public investment. While having capital accumulation over time, Gaziantep has never been supported in terms of investment by the Government and its economic growth profile is greater than the Turkey's average economic performance. In...

Although many factors affect next-generation access (NGA) deployment, regulatory frameworks have the power to guide future investments, further development and, consequently, the competitiveness of a next-generation broadband market. Understanding the link between markets and regulatory...