Policies aimed at supporting economically lagging regions have changed considerably in the past decades. This includes an increased link between innovation and regional policy, as well as more recently transformative policy. The WIR! Programme, funded by the Ministry of Research and Education in...

Territorial inequalities have become a pressing challenge in Europe, fueling political debates and shaping political responses around the urban-rural dichotomy. In this paper, we present a novel approach by identifying left behind places at a municipal level (LAU2) across 11 European countries....

The concept of "left behind" places encompasses economic, demographic, infrastructural, social and political aspects. Different studies of the left behind place concept focus on different aspects or combinations of these. The theoretical model by Hertrich and Brenner (2024) assumes an interplay...

The concept of "left behind" places is complex and multidimensional. It encompasses economic factors, demographic aspects, infrastructure and connectivity criteria, social factors, political and cultural aspects. Previous studies on the concept have only described the feeling of left behind very...

Social enterprises in Europe are increasingly evolving into hybrid entities, simultaneously striving to attain both social and economic objectives. This transformation aligns them uniquely with the EU's Cohesion Policy, which seeks to reduce disparities and promote harmonious development across...

Aus früheren Untersuchungen ist bekannt, dass das Handwerk in vielerlei Hinsicht eine stabilisierende Funktion für ländlich-periphere, strukturschwächere Regionen hat. In der Fläche außerhalb der Ballungszentren ist das Handwerk damit ein wichtiger Faktor für den Abbau regionaler...

Financial agglomeration, which is caused by the movement and accumulation of capital, has been a matter of concern for economists. Utilizing the recent overhaul of China's business environment as a case in point, the aim of this study is to examine the effect of institutional surroundings on...

Innovationen sind eine wesentliche Triebfeder ökonomischen Wachstums und des Strukturwandels von Volks- und Regionalwirtschaften sowie Unternehmen. Sie können durch viele Arten von Sektor- und Querschnittspolitiken staatlich unterstützt werden, wobei die regionale Innovationsförderung in...

"Unequal distribution of income is one of the most important socio-economic issues. The processes of globalisation and integration are accelerating economic growth; however, at the same time, imbalances between regions are growing. Reducing inequalities within regions and national economies, as...

Purpose: The tourism industry in India is rising and has excellent potential to create jobs and produce a large amount of foreign capital, thereby promoting the region’s overall economic and social growth. The inviting customs of tribal India, the diverse community and native culture are...

Nationale und internationale Transformationsprozesse machen an den Grenzen einzelner Regionen nicht halt, sondern beeinflussen deren weiteren Entwicklungsverlauf maßgeblich. Gerade strukturschwache Regionen sind in besonderer Weise von Transformationsprozessen betroffen, da Strukturschwäche...

Im Hinblick auf die Bewältigung der Klimakrise fühlen sich viele Menschen in strukturschwachen Regionen übergangen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine in ihrer Art einmalige Studie zur Großen Transformation in Deutschland: Qualitative Haustürgespräche ergaben, dass für die eigene...

"The shortcomings of traditional regional policies led to a major policy. Thus, regions have become more active in the design and implementation of policies, following a bottom-up approach, involving the participation of the local community in strategic planning, as opposed to the traditional...

Farms that operate in less favoured areas (LFAs) often suffer in achieving adequate profits. Diversification strategies, such as direct selling and offering recreational services, can play an important role in integrating earning sources and, as a consequence, increasing farm profitability. Such...

30 Jahre nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung bestehen weiterhin deutliche regionale Disparitäten zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland. Zusätzlich verschärft der Kohleausstieg strukturelle Probleme in den deutschen Kohleregionen. In politischen Handlungskonzepten werden dabei immer auch...

We conjecture that marketplace lending provokes an increase in the quantity of entrepreneurship, particularly in more regionally disadvantaged areas, albeit at lower average quality. Using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design that exploits exogenous variation in borrowers’ access to...

Mit dem von der Bundesregierung beschlossenen "Gesamtdeutschen Förderkonzept" sollen verschiedene regionalpolitisch bedeutsame Förderprogramme des Bundes auf die nach einheitlichen Kriterien definierten strukturschwächsten Regionen Deutschlands konzentriert werden. Im Auftrag des...

We explore the relationship between bank branch expansion, financial inclusion and profitability for Equity Bank. Unlike traditional banks, including foreign and government owned banks in Kenya, Equity Bank targets less developed territories and less privileged households. Its presence increased...

In vielen strukturschwachen ländlichen Regionen Europas hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten eine Abwärtsspirale in Gang gesetzt. Zwar sind die konkreten wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Bedingungen in den einzelnen Regionen Europas oft sehr unterschiedlich, dennoch zeigt sich tendenziell...

In fact, throughout Europe there is an abundance of innovative initiatives to be seen in the countryside (Olmedo/van Twuijver/O'Shaughnessy 2019), advanced by rural inhabitants, social entrepreneurs, or both in collaboration, and which is here termed "social innovation". To social innovation one...