Search results for "Regional development"

An analysis on the subjective perception of policy action on peripherality: A comparative assessment in accessible and peripheral areas of six countr…

2009

The paper presents an analysis of the subjective perception of the policy efficiency on peripherality in 12 regions of six countries of the EU. In each country two regions are selected: one peripheral but relatively dynamic and another accessible but relatively lagging. Public action conditions a range of processes and activities that continuously influence the intensity and direction of development. It can be part of the new factors of territorial development (NFTD) building up or hindering peripherality. The paper has the following aims: to identify what generic types of measures are believed to be more efficient for development; to analyse which measures (spatial or aspatial) are conside…

Whitewater sports: An innovation conducive to regional development? The case of the Ubaye Valley

2015

The Ubaye Valley in the French Alps became a center of tourism and outdoor sports in the twentieth century. It is named after the river which became a site for the practice of whitewater sports (canoeing/kayaking, rafting, etc.). Various structures were created there to disseminate these practices (associations, clubs and finally companies). The marketing of products combining these activities was able to take off thanks to the promotion of events undertaken by elected officials and area companies. But how was this offer able to foster innovation, understood as the adaptation of practices to current needs? Reconstructing the perspectives of ordinary innovation, this article examines the tec…

Latvia: A Centre-Oriented Country in Transition

2005

The importance of creative industry agglomerations in explaining the wealth of European Regions

2012

[EN] This paper examines the existence of regional agglomerations of manufacturing, service and creative industries, the relationship between these industries and the wealth of regions and their industrial structure. Through an analysis of 250 European regions, three important conclusions can be inferred from the results obtained in this paper. The first is that creative industries play an important role in the wealth of a region. The second is that the most creative regions are characterized by having more high-tech manufacturing industries than the rest of the regions although the number of low-tech manufacturing firms is similar. Lastly, the industrial structure of each region has a grea…

Cities, hinterlands and agglomeration shadows: spatial developments in Finland over 1880-2004

2011

This paper analyzes long-term spatial developments in Finland by focusing on two predictions of the new economic geography (NEG) models, the increasing persistence of locational patterns and the emerging agglomeration shadow, i.e. the rising dominance of growth centers. Pre- and post-war periods are distinguished to roughly express the shift from an agriculture-based economy to a post-industrial country. The analyses base on the assumption that each of the 19 Finnish regions has a center of its own and the rest of the region forms its local hinterland. The empirical analysis is based on regional population data from 1880 to 2004 at decade intervals. First, to analyze the persistence of loca…

New Challenges in Economic and Business Development – 2019: Incentives for Sustainable Economic Growth: Abstracts of Reports (11th international scie…

2019

Uz vietu balstītas pieejas izmantošana reģionālās attīstības plānošanas pilnveidošanai Latvijā

2014

Promocijas darba „Uz vietu balstītas pieejas izmantošana reģionālās attīstības plānošanas pilnveidošanai Latvijā” ANOTĀCIJA Eiropas Savienības reģionālajā attīstībā pakāpeniski notiek virzība no reģionālo atšķirību mazināšanas uz reģionālās attīstības izaugsmi, kā arī pieaug reģionu un vietējās pārvaldes iesaiste un loma reģionālās attīstības plānošanā. Līdz ar izmaiņām apkārtējā vidē pieaug nepieciešamība rast efektīvākus reģionālās attīstības plānošanas instrumentus, lai sekmētu teritoriju izaugsmi un dzīves kvalitātes paaugstināšanu. Uz vietu balstīta pieeja ir reģionālās attīstības plānošanā izmantojama metode, kuras pamatā ir noteiktā vietā pieejamo teritoriālo resursu un izaugsmi sekm…

Identifying the role of business accelerators in the developing business ecosystem: the life science sector

2020

PurposeBusiness accelerators have recently received increasing attention as important cogs in business ecosystem development. However, their exact role in the ecosystem is not yet well known, especially outside the IT sector. The purpose of this study is, therefore, twofold: to determine the position of life science accelerators in the business ecosystem and the attributes of support for companies and to identify key features of the life science accelerators that contribute to the change in business ecosystems.Design/methodology/approachThe authors offer an exploratory case study of five life science business accelerators and analyze the main factors affecting the companies and the whole bu…

One size does not fit all! New perspectives on the university in the social knowledge economy

2016

Universities face a tension from two urgent pressures they face, firstly to demonstrate that they deliver value for society in return for public investments, and secondly to demonstrate their responsibility by introducing strategic management to demonstrate to their funders that they meet their goals. In this special issue, we explore the ways in which these tensions play out in practice, as universities facing 'mission overload' in turn try to develop additional regional development missions, highlighting three findings. Firstly, there can be no one-size-fits all idea of a 'third university mission' alongside teaching and research because engagement is so context-dependent. Secondly, unive…

Science and technology parks : measuring their contribution to society through social accounting

2020

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) have made a positive contribution to regional development in the last decades. In general, the assessment of their level of performance has been based on two major variables: number of new companies and number of new jobs created. In this paper we propose the use of social accounting to measure the social value (SV) generated by STPs as an additional tool to assess the level of contribution of STPs to social development. Social accounting could be of interest for policy makers and regional governments in order to evaluate regional STPs and their social performance. In addition, in this paper we present an innovative methodology for calculating SV. Instead…