The inclusion of territorial cohesion in the Lisbon Treaty triggered a discussion on how to implement territorial cohesion at the EU level, but without clear results. One of the main short-comings in this discussion is the lack of awareness about the main reasoning and core objectives of...

"Across Europe, regional development agencies (RDAs) have become a central feature of regional policy, both as innovative policy-makers and as the implementers of programmes and initiatives originating from the national or European level. Since the first generation of RDAs were established in...

Globalisierung und Internationalisierung der Wirtschaft, europäische Integration, Transformationsprozesse in und nach Mittel- und Osteuropa, neue Entwicklungen im Tertiär- und Quartärbereich, regionale Strukturveränderungen und die Zunahme von Konkurrenzen unter Standorten und Regionen...