Seit der "Öffnung des Ostens" befindet sich das Regionalsystem Europas im Umbruch. Die Autoren untersuchen diesen Prozeß exemplarisch für die deutsch-polnische Grenzregion. In diesem Buch geht es um die konkreten Voraussetzungen und Hindernisse einer regionalökonomischen Regeneration. Auf...

Regional economic policy faces the challenge of two competing policy goals - reducing regional economic disparities vs. promoting economic growth. The allocation of public funds has to weigh these goals particularly under the restriction of scarce financial re- sources. If, however, some region...

In recent decades industrial clusters and agglomerations were recognized as drivers of regional and often national economic growth and competitiveness. Based on this cluster policy has been widely used to spur economic change, especially on the sub-national level. The public support to cluster...