Over the course of the past two decades, China has evolved from a nation focused on production to a technologically dynamic one with the ambition to catch up with the world's leading economies by 2050 (Schwaag Serger and Breidne 2007; State Council (of the People's Republic of China) 2006). Since...

In recent years, no small number of studies have emphasised the importance of "getting the policy mix right". What that term, "policy mix" relates to, however, remained less than clear, not least as a result of the absence of an appropriate database on regional policies. With the Regional...

In the nineties the development of public finances in Germany was examined by a working group of the Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL). At that time symptoms of a fiscal crisis were diagnosed. Just ten years later, this article's goal is to check based on the example of the Lower...

In den 90er Jahren wurde die Entwicklung der öffentlichen Finanzen in Deutschland durch einen Arbeitskreis der Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL) untersucht. Damals wurden Symptome einer fiskalischen Krise diagnostiziert. Knapp zehn Jahre später ist es nun das Ziel dieses...

This paper assesses the extent to which cooperation impacts innovation performance of firms in rural regions characterized by a solid economic performance despite a low-technology industrial structure. Particular emphasis is placed on the spatial and functional dimension of cooperation. Generic...