Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to postulate a political structure for Israel and a Palestinian State 25‐50 years from now. Design/methodology/approach – The paper speculates that a Middle East Union modeled after the EU could enable stability and prosperity on a scale not now...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a new perspective for strategic foresight on the basis of nurture theory. Strategia Sapiens refers to the fact that strategic work needs to be foresight oriented, and foresight should be directly value driven. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The aim of this study is to present a concept of interactive foresight process, its theoretical and methodological considerations and a foresight exercise concerning the development of knowledge economy in the Central Hungarian Region. Design/methodology/approach – A methodology of...

Purpose – To test the economic theory that economies with greater stability and diversity are also economies that are more insulated from economic shocks. Design/methodology/approach – Uses persistence profiles derived from the cointegrated systems of two regional economies within the state...

Purpose – Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) located in particular geographical areas are producing and selling regional products to domestic and foreign markets. Most of the local activities are embedded in historical tradition and geographic, cultural and social specificity. This...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how actors in a network for regional development perceive the network by addressing the questions of what characterizes a network for regional development and why the actors participate in such a network. Design/methodology/approach – The study...