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Regional competitiveness and smart specialization in Europe : place-based development in international economic networks / Mark Thissen, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands ; Frank van Oort, Utrecht University, the Netherlands ; Dario Diodato, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Utrecht University, the Netherlands ; Arjan Ruijs, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, the Netherlands. With a contribution by Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argiles

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New horizons in regional science | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham, U.K ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, 2013Description: 1 Online-Ressource (vi, 255 pages) : diagrams, mapsISBN:
  • 9781782545163
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781782545156. RVK: RVK: QY 000LOC classification:
  • HT388
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781782545163Online resources: Summary: 'In a world which increasingly requires place-based approaches to economic development, Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe offers a new methodology and a framework in order to promote the smart specialization of territories. Rich in examples and evidence, the book is an essential tool for the design of sound development strategies and a must read for policy-makers and development practitioners.' (Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, London School of Economics, UK). -- Regions economically differ from each other - they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in one region may hamper it in another. This highly original book presents an accessible methodology for identifying competitors and their particular circumstances in Europe, discusses regional competitiveness from a conceptual perspective and explores both past and future regional development policies in Europe. The authors illustrate that for the concept of regional competition to be valued correctly it should not solely be identified by the structural asset characteristics of cities and regions. They therefore present a unique applied analytic framework that takes into account economically valued network relations between places of (mobile) production factors and traded goods. Underpinned with thorough analysis and theory, the framework uses actual networks of competing and economically valued relations between regions to help develop smart specialization strategies that are central in the place-based policy initiatives of the new European cohesion policy.PPN: PPN: 1023439239Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE
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