"This book presents the sharp regional differences within the integrating European continent. Four regions-Northwestern Europe, Southern Europe, Central Europe, and Eastern-Southeastern Europe-represent high, medium, and relatively less-developed levels of economic advancement. These disparities...

The power of entrepreneurship -- The power of institutions: economic regimes and the permanent renewal of capitalism -- The power of ideas and inventions -- Pioneering companies -- From the rise of industrial cities to post-industrial suburbanization -- Bubbles, great depressions: economic cycles