In this chapter, we describe growth and cycles in economics as a struggle between capitalists and workers. We first …

This paper investigates the relationship between volatility and economic growth in the European regions over the period … allow us to incorporate into the analysis the relevance of spatial effects in the processes of regional growth in Europe … business cycle and regional growth, which is mainly consequence of the spatial spillovers induced by the incidence of …

'Innovation is the ability to take new ideas and translate them into commercial outcomes by using new processes …, products or services in a way that is better and faster than the competition' (Nedis & Byler, 2009). Innovation is considered … subject of policy intervention and regional development. The understanding of what innovation is has evolved in the past …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …

entrepreneurial activity in innovation and regional growth within a spatial semi-endogenous growth model in the spirit of Jones (1995 … economic growth is an interesting issue -- particularly at the regional level -- a consice formulation within a theoretical … growth model is missing. This paper in general tries to uncover the link between own- and neighbour-related regional …