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Facilitating different types of clusters

Ingstrup, Mads Bruun - In: Management Revue 24 (2013) 2, pp. 133-150

This paper focuses on cluster facilitators and their efforts in facilitating the development of clusters. At present …, the vast majority of literature presents a uniform image of cluster facilitators despite the fact that different types of … clusters influence their role and purpose. Thus, the aim of this paper is to explore how the roles and purposes of cluster …

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Looking behind the curtain: a model of left behind places and feelings

Hertrich, Tobias Johannes; Brenner, Thomas - 2024

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...

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When the past becomes the future: The problem of policies in 'left behind' places

Hertrich, Tobias Johannes; Brenner, Thomas - 2024

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. Hertrich and Brenner (2024) assume an interplay of many aspects that...

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The Role of Clusters in Creative and Cultural Industries

Nikolić, Helena; Mikuša, Filip - In: ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion 9 (2023) 1, pp. 375-386

Clusters are geographical concentrations of related companies, institutions and organisations that cooperate and compete in a specific sector to stimulate innovation, productivity and economic growth. Clusters in culture are important because they increase creativity and innovation among related...

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Economic Challenges of Lagging Regions IV: Case Studies

Fornoni, Ruggero; Gardiner, Ben; Greunz, Lydia; … - 2017

This report presents the findings of three case studies of lagging regions in the EU to deepen the findings of wiiw Research Reports 421 to 423. The three (NUTS 2) case study regions are the Italian Campania, the Portuguese Norte and the Romanian Nord-Est region. While each of these regions...

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Building resilience knowledge for sustainable development: Insights from development studies

Park, Albert Sanghoon - 2023

This paper explores how the concept of resilience has been used in development studies. Set amidst the rise of resilience in sustainable development, it offers insights for scholars and policy-makers, alike. Sampling 419 resilience-oriented journal articles from 2017-22, it uses Kuhnian...

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Opportunities and benefits of local content requirement policy: case of Eastern Siberian oil and gas industry

Semykina, Irina - 2015

This paper explores the regional economic impact of mineral resource endowment and offers specific inputs to the debate on the local content requirement (LCR) policy, gaining urgency in modern economic and political environment. Focusing on the experience of the Eastern Siberia the paper...

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Family firms and corporate spatial responsibilities in Germany: Implication for urban and regional planning and management

Albers, Hans-Hermann; Suwala, Lech - In: Family Business and Regional Development, (pp. 237-255). 2021

By connecting the two evolving discourses on family firms in spatial contexts and corporate spatial responsibilities, this chapter introduces a unique perspective on family firm-driven urban and regional engagement. This chapter summarizes selected existing case studies of family firm-driven...

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Family Business and Regional Development

Basco, Rodrigo; Stough, Roger; Suwala, Lech - 2021

This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and social development. Although family business participation in economic activities has been a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies,...

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Elusive Development in the Balkans: Research Findings

Gligorov, Vladimir - 2016

Research findings of the latest round of the wiiw-GDN project on development in the Balkans are surveyed. Historical and structural deficiencies of development in the Balkan countries are discussed in detail with emphasis of the role of investment, integration, and structural and policy...

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