The purpose of this paper is to determine whether destinations in Croatia follow the trend of the modern market by ensuring first impression quality through an online campaign. The World Tourist Organisation (UNWTO: 2008) takes into consideration categories of web page quality evaluation such...

A possible way to overcome the economic crisis in Portugal is rapid change in favour of an innovative approach to economic development through increasing investments in human resources and implementing new ideas in its high-tech sector, gradually shifting towards alternative energy sources.

This paper explores the links between open innovation and the emergence of a phoenix industry – the low carbon vehicles sector - in the UK’s traditional automotive heartland, focusing on the West Midlands region. It highlights three major factors in driving the development of this...

This study analyses the diffusion of renewable energy (RE) technologies. It analyses the transition dynamics as the sector broadens its energy mix and changes its capital stock. This shift is found to be desirable from an environmental, geopolitical and economic perspective. Yet, it greatly...

A major objective of this study is to analyse the evolutionary patterns of regional linkages and disparities across the EU space, especially those related to rural and peripheral/remote regions. In particular, this report assesses the economy-wide effects, in terms of GDP and employment,...

The quality of human capital is one of the main factors influencing the location decisions of economic activity. Flows of capital and technology take place primarily through the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs). It is they who are the carriers of globalization. The crucial role of...

Science and technology have made huge progress, enhancing the human species in the evolution process. The topics related to change, knowledge and new technologies implemented by the individual were considered taboo over 30 years ago; however, nowadays the focus is increasingly laid on the human...

The financial valuation of investment projects of new technologies requires of a certain degree of flexibility in implementing future investment strategies. Unfortunately, the criterion of net present value is quite rigid in dealing with investment plans because they can not be changed, that is,...

This paper analyzes the theoretical underpinnings of producers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for novel inputs. In addition to conceptualizing the WTP function for producers, we derive its comparative statics and demonstrate the use of these properties to estimate input quantities demanded, outputs...