In the process of creating the growth of countries competitiveness, a special role is appointed to foreign direct investment as an important element of the globalization of the economies. This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between foreign direct investment and...

Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new...

This book was written on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI). It is the central commemorative memento of the Association's first 50 years. The book was coauthored by a team of a number of the leading scholars in the...