The paper investigates the experience of three Nordic universities, Aarhus in Denmark, Joensuu in Finland, and Tromsö in Norway, which are comparable in several respects. Drawing from the comparison of the three cases, the conclusions focus on the realisation of a universitys local and regional development potential.
Using data from the European Value Studies, the authors develop and test a model of growth and social capital. Testing the model, they find that regional differences in materialistic attitudes and the value attached to family life significantly reduce the participation in open networks and that this in turn reduces regional output growth in Europe.
The authors aim to present a reflection on theoretical and methodological advances in urban
science from the perspective of economics, with a view to the prominent position of modern cities in a global network economy.
The paper analyses recent trends and possible future changes in industrial development in transitional Baltic Sea Region countries. The empirical part analyses recent industrial development trends (employment structure, exports, investments) in the three Baltic States and Kaliningrad oblast.
The paper analyses regional development of Estonia and uses a centreperiphery model as analytical framework. The aim of the paper is to prepare and test a planned study based on the more detailed population and labour market survey data as well as enterprise development data of the transition period in the 1990s.
The authors aim at presenting and discussing an Internet-based knowledge architecture, named Knowledge Hub, conceived as an enabler of the dynamic externalities of the industrial cluster in the Net Economy.
The analysis concentrates on the development of new consumer goods associated with technological progress, and suggests that between 1800 and 2000 economic welfare grew by at least 1.5 percent a year, and maybe as much 10 percent annually, the exact number depending upon the metric preferred.
The report summarizes Governor Jim Doyles strategic plan for creating high-paying jobs in the state. The central goal is to raise Wisconsin’s incomes to a level above the national average by the end of the decade.
The plan from the Kansas Prosperity Summit outlines several focus areas for economic development in the state of Kansas.
The report outlines the Idaho Department of Commerce’s mission and goals for promoting increased economic opportunity throughout the state. The strategies, tactics and performance standards are
prioritized with input from a survey conducted in spring of 2003.