The main goal of this study is to assess whether, and if so, how the tax policy is implemented in Poland in relation to informal partnerships. The justification for conducting research in this area is the growing number of such relationships and the demands formulated by the public on the...

Qianhai-an innovation park in Shenzhen-has the possibility of boosting innovation in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and in the wider region. This paper reviews the existing evidence about which policies have promoted profitable innovation in the Qianhai region (Hong Kong and Shenzhen) in the past. We also...

This paper focuses on cluster facilitators and their efforts in facilitating the development of clusters. At present, the vast majority of literature presents a uniform image of cluster facilitators despite the fact that different types of clusters influence their role and purpose. Thus, the aim...

The article examines the capacity of four medium-sized cities in Southern Europe, concerning the current situation of their assets (agglomeration economies, urban infrastructures, factors of labor and cost, etc.), the degree of development policies implementation and effectiveness by local...

Die Bund-Länder-Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur" (GRW) ist ein zentraler Baustein der regionalen Wirtschaftspolitik in Deutschland. Von 1991 bis 2008 wurden auf diesem Weg gewerbliche Investitionen von Unternehmen in strukturschwachen Regionen mit 26...

Der Aufbau Ost scheint weitgehend abgeschlossen. Der IW-Einheitsindex, der sieben Indikatoren zur Ost-West-Angleichung umfasst, dokumentiert anhaltende, aber langsame Fortschritte. Die Infrastruktur der neuen Bundesländer ist gut ausgebaut, die Arbeitslosenquote ist im einstelligen Bereich...

The purpose of this paper is to put into an appropriate theoretical frame the rural development issues in enlarging Europe and to analyse the rural development perspectives in the European Union (EU) accession countries. Based on comparisons of developments in the Common Agricultural Policy...

Regional disparities in the development of regions of a country may slow the growth of the entire national economy. Determination of such disparities is required for the creation of proper economic policies, needed to take actions against factors hindering economic growth. Hidden economy is, on...

Maßnahmen zugunsten von Regionen mit Entwicklungsrückstand sind oft nur dann erfolgreich, wenn eine Region bereits mit einigen notwendigen "Zutaten" für Wachstum ausgestattet ist - Geschichte zählt! Es wäre sinnvoller, ärmere Regionen und Kommunen in die Lage zu versetzen, eigene...

In the European Union and its neighborhood, regional development has increasingly come to focus on agglomerations during the last three decades. Notably, during the 1990s and early 2000s, clustering was the major policy focus in regional development. Currently, the concept of smart...