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Taking Risks in the Geographical Anatomy of Europe's Emerging Venture Capital Market
Martin, R.; Sunley, P.; Turner, D. - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2001
Over the past 25 years, the USA has pioneered a new technological revolution based on large numbers of new small enterprises, financed by a dynamic venture (risk) capital market. The European Union, meanwhile, has lagged behind in this sector of economic activity. The European Commission...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162822
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The case for regional development intervention: Place-based versus place-neutral approaches
Barca, Fabrizio; McCann, Philip; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Instituto de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Madrileño de … - 2011
analysis is set in the context of how development policy thinking on the part of both scholars and international organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294986
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ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THE GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PRACTICAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IN EU AND ROMANIA
SZABÓ, Zsuzsanna K. - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 47 (2011) December, pp. 253-262
The Rome Report, published in 1972, drew attention on the contradiction between unlimited growth and consumption in relation to the limited resources of the earth. The report had a powerful impact on the concept of economic development, it contributed to the relocation of the concept of needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399345
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An assessment of government funding of business angel networks: a regional study
Collewaert, V.; Manigart, S.; Aernoudt, Rudy - Vlerick Business School - 2007
In this paper we evaluate whether government intervention through the public funding of business angel networks is warranted. Based on a regional study of four BANs, we find that these subsidies reach their goals in terms of contribution to economic development and reducing financing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005464793
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An Agenda for a Reformed Cohesion Policy A place-based approach to meeting European Union challenges and expectations
Barca, Fabrizio - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2008
EU regional policy is an investment policy. It supports job creation, competitiveness, economic growth, improved … paper analysis two strategically different options of EU regional policy: place-neutral versus place-based policies for … economic development. Our results suggest that in many EU regions the place-neutral policies may no be the best policy response …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005169569
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Regional copmetitiveness, Localised Learning, and Policy.
Lorenzen, Mark - Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, …
incapable of providing policy prescriptions. This paper sets out to discover whether deducting policy advice from the localised … learning literature and finds its policy advice scarce indeed. The paper does not adopt the view, however, that the localised … learning perspective per se is incapable of providing policy advice. On the contrary, the paper attempts a first step in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005169653
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AN ASSESSMENT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING OF BUSINESS ANGEL NETWORKS: A REGIONAL STUDY
COLLEWAERT, V.; MANIGART, S.; AERNOUDT, R. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2007
In this paper we evaluate whether government intervention through the public funding of business angel networks is warranted. Based on a regional study of four BANs, we find that these subsidies reach their goals in terms of contribution to economic development and reducing financing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004982919
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The impact of place-based policies on perceived regional living conditions across German labor market regions: Examining the impacts on migration flows
Wardenburg, Sven; Brenner, Thomas - 2019
The paper analyzes the impact of the two major German regional dev elopment and redistribution policies, the municipal fiscal equalization scheme and the economic funds GRW, on perceived regional living conditions, measured through inte rregional migration between German labor market regions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140576
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Políticas públicas territoriais no Brasil
de Matteo, Katia Castro; Freire, Neison Cabral; Balbim, … - 2019
In spite of being an almost ever-present subject in the Brazilian political and economic settings, regional inequality is still treated piecemeal, lacking a thoughtful closer look by the Federal Government. The persistence of inequality among Brazilian regions made, in the 2000s, the issue of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146833
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Políticas públicas territoriais no Brasil
Matteo, Katia Castro de; Freire, Neison Cabral; Balbim, … - 2019
In spite of being an almost ever-present subject in the Brazilian political and economic settings, regional inequality is still treated piecemeal, lacking a thoughtful closer look by the Federal Government. The persistence of inequality among Brazilian regions made, in the 2000s, the issue of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052949