Regionalisation, Growth, and Economic Integration (Contributions to Economics) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 3790819247 ISBN 13: 9783790819243

Verlag: Physica-Verlag HD, 2008

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Europe suffers from an inadequate capacity to transform scientific and technolo- cal knowledge into business opportunities […] A strong collective effort will be needed in the area of innovation […] To make any real impact on the unemployment problem and the future of forthcoming generations, macroeconomic policies must be backed up by an equally far-sighted range of microeconomic measures […] This range of measures must above all include an extra special effort in the area of training of all types of human resources, of stepping up investment in - search and development and the development of an information society […]. (Romano Prodi, Former President European Commission) There is considerable empirical evidence that investment in Research and Technological Development and Innovation (RTD&I) has a positive cor- lation with the level of economic development. Efforts in the area of RTD&I have been associated in the economic literature with higher growth rates, increases in exports and trade, gains in productivity, growth in income and output, bigger business profits and lower inflation, inter- tional competitiveness, etc. Innovation must apply to all aspects of the activity of a firm (markets, products, processes and services). In this sense, the concept of innovation embraces research and development, technology and training as well as marketing, design and quality, finance, logistics and not least the business management required to mesh these various functions together efficiently.

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The purpose of this book is to analyse the process of regionalisation and to plot its future development. Regionalisation is a common feature of the changing territorial organisation of European states today. Regionalisation alone, however, cannot produce any of the benefits we attribute to it without looking into the conditions in which it occurs. Therefore, this book tackles the following questions, bringing together theory and empirical applications: What are the main determinants and implications for regional policy? How does economic policy affect the growth and integration process? Why is innovation important for regional economic development? Why is the regional dimension important for the innovation promotion? What has been our policy response so far and what lesson did we learn from it? And finally, what are our action lines for the future?

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Physica-Verlag HD
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3790819247
• ISBN 13: 9783790819243
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328
• Herausgeber: Korres George M.
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