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The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional economic performance. It includes a number of relevant insights into these complex relations covering different-though complementary-streams of literature in order to emphasize their points of contact and areas of consensus (or disagreement). The role of institutional and cultural factors in shaping regional economic dynamics is analysed together with the impact of clusters, accessibility, urbanization processes and localised inter-firm linkages. The dynamic interactions of economic agents across space are also explored in depth by analysing the geography of trade flows, labour and capital mobility. Empirical analyses cover the whole European Union with some chapters focused on specific European countries but also on non-European and emerging economies. The book effectively demonstrates that regional development is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, the in-depth understanding of which calls for the simultaneous consideration of a variety of phenomena and the structural characteristics of places and agents. The understanding of regional economic performance hence calls for an explicit consideration of both “hard” and “soft ” factors of development, especially in terms of geography, culture and institutions.

Developing countries -- Economic policy. --- Economic development. --- Sociology & Social History --- Management --- Business & Economics --- Social Sciences --- Management Theory --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Economic geography. --- Commercial geography. --- Geography, Commercial --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- European Economic Community literature. --- Economic policy. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Economics. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- European Integration. --- Economic Geography. --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Economic geography --- European Economic Community lite. --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Regional planning --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Spatial economics --- Regional economics

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The book brings together contributions by scholars from several countries and different “sister” disciplines (Economic Geography, Urban and Regional Economics, Innovation Studies) with different approaches to the same crucial issue: how geography, culture and institutions influence regional economic performance. It includes a number of relevant insights into these complex relations covering different-though complementary-streams of literature in order to emphasize their points of contact and areas of consensus (or disagreement). The role of institutional and cultural factors in shaping regional economic dynamics is analysed together with the impact of clusters, accessibility, urbanization processes and localised inter-firm linkages. The dynamic interactions of economic agents across space are also explored in depth by analysing the geography of trade flows, labour and capital mobility. Empirical analyses cover the whole European Union with some chapters focused on specific European countries but also on non-European and emerging economies. The book effectively demonstrates that regional development is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, the in-depth understanding of which calls for the simultaneous consideration of a variety of phenomena and the structural characteristics of places and agents. The understanding of regional economic performance hence calls for an explicit consideration of both “hard” and “soft ” factors of development, especially in terms of geography, culture and institutions.

Methodology of economics --- Economic policy and planning (general) --- Economics --- Business management --- Business economics --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- Geography --- technologiebeleid --- financieel management --- bedrijfseconomie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- economie --- sociale economie --- geografie --- Europese eenmaking --- Europe

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This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and, in particular, the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have persistently failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It shows that the capability of the knowledge-based growth model to deliver its expected benefits to these areas crucially depends on tackling a specific set of socio-institutional factors which prevents innovation from being effectively translated into economic growth. The book takes an eclectic approach to the territorial genesis of innovation and regional growth by combining different theoretical strands into one model of empirical analysis covering the whole EU-25. An in-depth comparative analysis with the United States is also included, providing significant insights into the distinctive features of the European process of innovation and its territorial determinants. The evidence produced in the book is extensively applied to the analysis of EU development policies.

Economic development -- European Union countries. --- European Union countries -- Economic conditions. --- Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- European Union Countries. --- Regional economics --- Management --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Communities - Urban Groups --- Management Theory --- Regional planning --- European Union countries --- Economic conditions --- Regional disparities. --- Economic geography. --- European Economic Community literature. --- Economic policy. --- Regional economics. --- Spatial economics. --- Economics. --- Regional/Spatial Science. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- European Integration. --- Economic Geography. --- European Economic Community lite. --- Geography. --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Regionalism --- Space in economics --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Spatial economics

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