evolution of the European higher education and research system within the frame of European integration and with a view to the …Universities in the European Union are called to support integration and pursue economic value, as evidenced in both … integration, with particular concern for a unified labor market. Much of the EU action has thus been concentrated on moving …

Globalization and European integration are substantially changing the interregional division of labor in Europe and the … integration (such as the new economic geography, urbanization economics, and the theory of comparative advantages), surveys the … empirical evidence for European regions, and outlines an agenda for future empirical research. …