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This paper investigates the main determinants of economic perfor-mance in the EU from a regional perspective, covering 253 regions overthe period 2001-2008. In addition to the traditional determinants of eco-nomic performance, measured by GDP per capita, the analysis accountsfor spatial e¤ects...
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This paper examines the concept of cultural authenticity and explores its application in regional development and planning. It describes why cultural authenticity is important for a city or region. Cultural authenticity provides a competitive advantage to a region for attracting tourists and...
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This paper investigates the main determinants of economic growth in the European Union from a regional perspective. The analysis is based on a recently available dataset from the European Cluster Observatory covering 253 European regions over the period 2002-2008. In addition to the traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483641
Italy has been characterized, throughout its history as a unified country, by large regional differentials in the levels of income, industrialization and socio-economic development. This paper aims at testing the New Economic Geography hypothesis on the role of market access in explaining these...
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We study the dynamics of inter-regional economic disparities for a number of development characteristics, test the hypothesis of the new economic geography and connect the results with the prediction of the bell curve describing spatial concentration over time. The results of our analysis...
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In recent decades industrial clusters and agglomerations were recognized as drivers of regional and often national … mapping, establishment of institutions (labelled as cluster initiative/ association) in respective clusters through public … influenced by different sets of institutional framework conditions. Information and communication technologies (ICT) clusters and …
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Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set …-by-doing, -using and -interacting) modes of innovation. We show that SMEs integrate STI-based knowledge into DUI-routines through … absorb STI-based knowledge. Based on our empirical findings, we derive implications for innovation policy with regards to …
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Generalized trust within regions represents an important firm resource. We provide empirical evidence on the impact of trust among people in regions on innovation using two distinct data sets. The first one contains firm-level data and is used to analyze how trust affects firm-level innovation...
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regions with less developed innovation capacities as it fosters cooperation and knowledge transfer, which is known to be …
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regions in an integrated market with high mobility of labor, capital, knowledge and technology - municipalities and economic …
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