This book analyzes the foundations and means of overcoming the current crisis in the broader area of Southeast Europe. The contributions make proposals from both theoretical and empirical points of view and discuss the concept, determinants and policies of competitiveness in these countries. The...

This book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and...

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Scalars -- Functions -- Indices -- Vectors, Matrices, Etc. -- Symbols Related to Poverty and Inequality -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Objective and Research Question -- 1.2...

Introduction -- Determinants of Institutional Quality: a Case Study of IMF Programme Countries -- Institutional Quality, Macroeconomic Stabilization and Economic Growth: a Case Study of IMF Programme Countries -- IMF Programmes and Institutional Quality Determinants: Economic Scenarios in...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. In Search of Meaning -- Chapter 2. Reviewing Social Entrepreneurship Knowledge -- Chapter 3. The Conceptual Model: Contextualising Social Entrepreneurship -- Part 2. Caselets -- Chapter 4. Indian Social Entrepreneurs -- Part 3. The Process of Social Value...

Part I: Developing the Transport Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa within Spaces of National and European Importance -- Part II: Regional Accessibility: An Important Locational Factor -- Part III: Logistic Processes - Organizing Efficient Freight Transport in the Corridor Rotterdam-Genoa -- Part IV:...

This volume sheds new light on economic developments in several countries of Southeast Europe. The European Union and especially the eurozone continue to experience rhythms of fiscal crisis, as can most clearly be seen in the debt crisis in the South Periphery. Despite the fact that several...