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Research Activity in the Czech and Slovak Regions
Žítek, Vladimír; Klímová, Viktorie - 2016
Research and development represent an important source for the introduction of new innovation, in particular technical … innovation. Individual regions differ considerably in the level of their research activity and in their preconditions for it. The … the NUTS3 regions level; therefore, it involves 14 regions in the Czech Republic and 8 regions in Slovakia. Our analysis …
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Rural entrepreneurship and Innovation: some successful women's initiatives
Pato, Lúcia - 2015
Although rural entrepreneurship is an emergent field of study and has emerged as one of the most noticeable ways to promote rural development, the few studies concerning the theme are still incipient. Moreover, a lot of studies focus on farmers and rural entrepreneurs as a whole and little...
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What are favouring conditions for the implementation of innovative projects in Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) approaches?
Pollermann, Kim; Fynn, Lynn-Livia; Schwarze, Stefan - 2021
Fostering innovation-driven regional development has become a major priority for public policy. Thus innovation is a …. One part of RDP funded by the European Union, which explicitly addresses innovation, is LEADER: a bottom … innovation. The expectation that heterogeneity fosters innovative ideas is not supported by our analyses.Fostering innovation …
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Motivations for moving among Commercial Counterurbanisers
Bosworth, Gary - 2011
This paper reports on findings from business surveys and face to face interviews conducted in the North East and East Midlands regions of the UK. Previous studies into residential counterurbanisation have shown a range of factors influencing individuals' choices to move house. Here, it is...
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Effects and characteristics of the implementation of the 1921 agrarian reform in Iaşi county
Doboş, Sebastian - 2017
The historiographical and socio-economic topic of the 1918-1921 agrarian reform, marked by a considerable degree of difficulty due to a multitude of objective, quantitative as well as qualitative factors, represents a point of reference in the research endeavours focused on the social and...
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Entrepreneurship and Path Dependency in a Regional Context
Florkowski, Sabrina - 2010
A student of regional development can identify two general types of explanations for why some regions develop as they do. The first explanation relates to the emergence of innovative activities carried out by pioneering entrepreneurs that may transform the society and economy. In literature,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011332338
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Sustainable regional growth and development in the creative knowledge economy: Gender perspective on regional development and innovation in the food industry in Skåne
Stridh, Kicki; Scholten, Christina - 2010
Gender perspective on regional development and innovation in the food industry in Skåne Working with applied research … on gender, innovation and the food process industry in Skåne, we can conclude that gender is a necessary category in … the innovation hub The Skåne Food Innovation Network. Skåne is divided into regions where research and industry is …
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Scenario Planning as a Tool to Promote Innovation in Regional Development Context
Edgar, Boo; Abouzeedan, Adli; Hedner, Thomas; … - 2010
Scenario planning is a tool that can be used to project and promote innovation activities in organizations. The more … disruptive the innovation is, the more beneficial effects will be expected to come out of utilizing a scenario planning process …. This planning approach may be considered when discussing innovation in relation to regional development as well as in …
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The role of proximity relations in regional and territorial development processes
Torre, André; Wallet, Fred - 2014
. Interest is affecting now the works dedicated to innovation process, links between science and industry, relations between … users and producers or sub-contractors, national systems of innovation, innovative milieus, about also local labour markets …
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An inside look into a problem of innovation in selected Priority Axis of Innovative Economy Operational Programme 2007 - 2013 for Lower Silesia Region
Zaleska, Marta; Mogiła, Zbigniew; Knap, Joanna - 2014
growth based on knowledge and innovation. Poland and its regions are in a specific socio-economical position characterized by … develop and maintain a competitive advantage is to trigger knowledge- and innovation-based entrepreneurship. Cohesion policy … funds open up great opportunities for innovation. Nowadays, when the programming period 2007 - 2013 came to an end, it is …
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