EU scholars have long argued that regions can shape the integration process, but there is no agreement on why this is so. While some authors consider constitutional powers, intergovernmental relations, or differentiated regional elites as independent variables, those interested in...

Th e development of regions is not only a signifi cant mediator in generating economic eff ects, it is also a major factor in the absorption of new investment. Th e European economic space is historically constructed on an imagined ability for new investment to create an added value that can be...