Technical Change and Economic Growth Inside the Knowledge Based Economy GEORGE M. KORRES University of the Aegean, Greece and University of Leeds, UK Second Edition ASHGATE Contents List...

"[This book] is an essential reference publication for the latest scholarly information on the role of socio-economics in sustainable development initiatives. Featuring coverage on a variety of topics and perspectives including social economy innovation, cultural management, and social...

In this in-depth and detailed study, George Korres analyzes the macroeconomic and the microeconomic factors influencing the economics of innovation and the economic relations between technology, innovation, knowledge and productivity.

1. Knowledge economy and innovation activities : an apporach to definitions and measurement -- 2. Modelling knowledge economy and innovation activities with the context of new growth theory -- 3. Knowledge economy, technical change and productivity growth -- 4. Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs),...

"This book summarizes the debate for the future and prospects of socio-economic and regional development of the European Union, under the fields of European, Economic-Geography, Sociology, Regional Development and Spatial Planning. It also examines relevant key research issues, drawing on the...

Although the choice of the spatial scale of analysis is a problematic issue in applied research (specifically, in the literature of regional economic growth), it is evident that regional scientists have been very slow at demonstrating the implications of aggregation problems on empirical...

Energy is always the important material for economic growth and social development. A new index of energy efficiency called total factor energy efficiency (TFEE) consists of energy, capital, labor and other input that produce GDP as output. TFEE index is accounted by DEA through multiple...