his earlier writings, as well as how his ideas went through further periods of development following the publication of … growing acknowledgement of the role of innovation within processes of economic development. It shows how these concepts have … provided a foundation for contemporary economic development practices. Also, the paper highlights how the fundamental concepts …

instrumental in understanding the competitiveness and development challenges faced by a small peripheral economy in the European … competitiveness of the Portuguese economy and highlights the factors that affected its operationalization. Design …”, presented in 1994, particularly with regard to the recommended clusters and public policies, as well as the assessment and …

up a whole new perspective on competitiveness and clusters, including both new research avenues and new perspectives for … Michael E. Porter has opened up new perspectives on competitiveness of nations and firms for scholars, practitioners and … practitioners and politicians. By questioning the traditional, more static and macroeconomic, views on competitiveness, he opened up …

country competitiveness and, therefore, the quality of the investment environment. I applied the methodology used in the … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, and the pillars for this analysis are: Basic Requirements (Institutions … Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, considering: the competitive advantage or disadvantage by comparing the Romanian …

competitiveness, industrial development, innovation and growth. But, although cluster policies have a potential for generating … adopting the cluster approach either with a view to accelerate the existing clusters or for providing the basis for the … innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting …

technologically dynamic production to become spatially concentrated in clusters, where individuals and organizations possessing … region, fostered by government policies, and evolved around a telecom R&D Centre. Several small high-tech firms were …

Research and development represent an important source for the introduction of new innovation, in particular technical … concentrated in the capital cities and the South Moravian Region in the case of the Czech Republic. Big differences between capital …

also dialectically reshaped the goals and patterns of development during the post-Second World War period. The region is …This paper identifies historic patterns in the dialectic between nationalism and development across various East, South …, and Southeast Asian nations. Nationalism as the rationale for development is used by regimes to achieve high levels of …

among Brazilian regions made, in the 2000s, the issue of planning for the development and the regional question were set … being taken in favor of Brazil's development process taking as reference policies and territorial programs. It highlights …