Key words: regional inequalities, localist movements, integration, Castilla-Catalonia, Flanders-Wallonia Abstract: The expansive nature of the dominant socio-economic model lead to the current globalized economy based on open borders, the laws of the open market and the integration of local...

The earliest published study on entrepreneurial women is credited to Schwartz (1976). Subsequently, various female researchers (Hisrich and Brush, 1984; Cromie, 1987; Kaplan, 1988; …) started to examine the possible differences that could be derived from gender. The analysis of the features of...

The last decade of the 20th century and the first decade of the current century have seen a continuous shift of the economic dynamic from North American and European countries to the pacific countries, specially the ones located on Eastern Asia, highlighting the Chinese growth. However, Brazil...

This article evaluates from the Global Dimension of Regional Integration Model (GDRI ‚Äí MODEL) developed by Estrada (2004) which the level of regional integration in the year of 2007 for the Common Market of the South - MERCOSUR, considering Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay...

The aim of the study is to analyze the representative variables of the stock of social capital available in the São Paulo State’s counties, Brazil, according to the theory and methodology proposed by Robert Putnam. It describes some representative elements of social capital in...

Besides globalization, or rather, parallel with it, knowledge-based economy seems to represent a highly important ground-gaining force ‚Äí quasi becoming a trendy buzzword ‚Äí that attracts increasing attention in developed countries, although its forms vary in different regions...

While conservation of privately owned buildings is produced by the private market, the benefit from conservation accrues not only to the estate of the building’s owners, but also to the society at large. Conservation usually requires public involvement, as often market forces do not...

Introductory economics tells us there are three factors of production: land, labour and capital. Unless a student of agricultural economics, land as a factor of production will never be mentioned again. Yet space for some industries is a significant input and that would seem to be true of...

Being competitive in a globalized world have several meanings according to the topic taken into account. This paper focuses on the attractiveness of places, as we assume that being a popular place is an advantage for global competition. And our main question here is to catch the mental maps of...

New Decisional Support Systems (DSS) are necessary at regional (local) level. DSS have to be able to estimate and control intangible capitals as the main source of wealth creation. Traditional analysis of internal accounting based on economic and financial models for companies, or supported by...