(EU) is starting to acknowledge the importance of spatially targeted regional policies and to understand how crucial a … context we analyse the impact of FDI on growth and development of European regions, discussing the role of different … assessment of the impact that various types of FDI can have according to the characteristics of the country they come from …

Do regional identities determine different levels of FDI-induced growth? This paper analyses the impact of FDI on the … impact of FDI induced spillovers on regional growth in European regions, controlling for possible endogeneity. Results … vs extra European FDI) and on the type of economic activity (manufacturing vs service FDI). …

This study aims at identifying the main determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the European regions. The … theory of the determinants of FDI deals with the question on why firms become multinationals. Partial equilibrium studies …, distinguishing between market seeking and efficiency seeking FDI. While the former are more interested in local markets, the latter …

convergence in Europe. The empirical part of the study bases on the regional GDP pc and innovation indicators on the EU-27 NUTS2 … level regions. Based on the selected set of initial innovation indicators for the 262 EU NUTS2 level regions and using the …The paper focuses on quantitative assessment of the innovation's role in explaining regional disparities and …

There is a rich debate in the innovation literature about to what extent innovation has become an international (or … knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) to regional innovation has emerged. Most of these papers adopt a national …-intensive services (KIS) in the European regions. For so doing we employ the data provided by the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS …

) competitiveness, innovation "smart growth" in the Lisbon and Euro 2020 strategy seems to have a build in effect toward economic … activities usually located in center or metropolitan areas. Based on an analysis of the dominant policy measures used in EU … in the overall economic trends in Europe in a regional context. In addition, in influence of innovation on the …

Innovation and entrepreneurship are key factors in current regional development initiatives, derived from the concepts … perspective. The impacts of innovation (measured by innovation scoreboard data) and entrepreneurship (GEM data etc.) on regional …

Observed and unobserved regional determinants of FDI inflows: micro level analysis of the food industry firms in Russia … distribution of the FDI or to show that these items are not important for foreign investors. Russia has more than 80 regions and … different. In this research we take into account these facts investigating a hierarchical structure of the FDI distribution …

German regional data (NUTS 1 level) for GDP, trade, and FDI activity during the period 1976-2005. Applying various … equation, the empirical results support the hypothesis of export- and FDI-led growth. We also show that for export and outward … FDI activity positive cross-regional effects are at work. Likewise, in the short-run SpECM specification, direct and …