Regional Competitiveness and Smart Specialization in Europe

Mark Thissen, Frank Oort, Dario Diodato and Arjan Ruijs

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Abstract: Regions economically differ from each other – they compete in different products and geographical spaces, exhibit different strengths and weaknesses, and provide different possibilities for growth and development. What fosters growth in one region may hamper it in another. This highly original book presents an accessible methodology for identifying competitors and their particular circumstances in Europe, discusses regional competitiveness from a conceptual perspective and explores both past and future regional development policies in Europe.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
ISBN: 9781782545156
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-22

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Ch 2 Smart specialization, regional innovation systems and EU cohesion policy , pp 23-32

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Ch 3 Regional economic development and competitiveness , pp 33-53

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Ch 4 Clustering and specialization in European regions , pp 54-102

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Ch 5 Revealed competition in European regions , pp 103-129

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Ch 6 Dynamics in revealed regional competition between firms in Europe , pp 130-149

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Ch 7 A smart specialization strategy: locational and network determinants of international competitiveness , pp 150-173

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Ch 8 Conclusion: one size fits only one in place-based regional policy , pp 174-178

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