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Regional Economic Growth, SMEs and the Wider Europe
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
332 Pages
by
Routledge
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This title was first published in 2003. This work intends to make an important and interesting contribution to the wider debate on European regional development. It looks beyond the confines of the EU proper and combines interesting and relevant case studies from a broader pan-European perspective. Also, the approaches adopted are informed by a variety of theoretical positions. By addressing the changing roles of SMEs in different regions of Eastern Europe, readers should gain insights into the different dimensions of SME development and the link between SMEs and regional growth.
1: Introduction: SMEs and Regional Growth; I: Regional Growth at the European Scale; 2: Non-Orthodox Approaches to European Regional Growth Modeling: A Review; 3: Growth and Convergence Across Economies: The Experience of the European Regions; 4: Disparities in Economic Growth and Unemployment Across the European Regions: A Sectoral Perspective; 5: Dynamics and Agents of Regional Growth: The Performance of SME Clusters in Europe; II: SMSs and Regional Development at the National Scale; 6: Accounting and Modelling SMSs in the Regional Economy; 7: Norwegian Regional Development and the Role of SMEs; 8: Regional Development and SMEs in Ireland; 9: Small and Medium-Sized Business as a Regional Development Factor in Lithuania; 10: The Role of SMEs in the Regional Development of the Czech Republic; III: Case Studies on SMEs and Regional Development; 11: The Changing Role of SMEs in the Regional Growth Process: The Case of Denizli; 12: Small Entrepreneurs in Me?imurje: Between Tradition and Challenges of New Forms of Cooperation; 13: Small and Medium Enterprises and Their Role in the Innovative Environment of the Bratislava Region; 14: Spatial Industrial Dynamics in the Uddevalla Local Labour Market Region: An Application of the Lead-Lag Model
Biography
B. Fingleton, Ayda Eraydn, Raffaele Paci
