Although an extensive amount of literature reviews emerging patterns of east-west co-operation, it is not easy to grasp the state of the art. Too many of the books, articles and papers tend to mark the trees rather than to map the forest. The paper analyses recent trends from the point of view...

Two defining elements of the “global network economy” are the evolution of global flagship networks (GFNs) and the increasing use of digital information systems (DIS) to manage these networks. Both transformations may gradually reduce constraints to cross-border knowledge diffusion, and...

The Pearl River Delta is one of the most successful cases of economic re-integration after a long period of separation. Hong Kong's traditional policy of non-interventionism and China's open-door policy have induced a rapid increase in cross-border trade, outward processing and outward...

Der hier dokumentierte Workshop hatte sich zum Ziel gesetzt, einige Fälle von Zusammenarbeit auf regionaler Ebene und auf Unternehmensebene zwischen EU-Europa und den Beitrittsländern darzustellen und zu diskutieren. Dem Workshop liegt die Annahme zugrunde, dass innovationsorientierte...