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Changes in Japans Inter-regional Business Linkage Structure

The study estimates Japan’s business network
structure based on inter-regional information traffic data, in order to clarify longitudinal changes in branch office function headquarter and branch office arrangement. Results show that branch-offices becomes to concentrate on transportation-hub cities. Further, the interactions between headquarter to branch office becomes much knowledge intensive than before.

Development of New Venture Support Networks and the Role of
"Promoters"

The paper discusses the requirements and problems of organizing government support
to new ventures in regional project networks referred to as New Venture Support Networks. In particular, the focus is on the role of key actors in facilitating and maintaining network cooperation given the challenge posed by the heterogeneous partner structure and the “artificial."

Role of Regional Networks in Regional Policy: European Experience and Perspectives for Russia

The authors examine regional networks as a new way of the spatial organization of the economy and a new tool for regional policy. Three basic regional networks are distinguished: the networks of enterprises and organizations, the networks of enterprises and organizations with the participation of authorities, the networks of cities and
settlements.

Use of Marketing Instruments in Development of Towns and Regions: Case Study Slovakia

The authors explain that marketing conceptual framework has started to apply widely also as an instrument of regional and municipal development in transition economies. Transformation of proprietary relations and democratization of managing
processes has caused an interest in this discipline in conditions of the Slovak Republic.

Creating Firms for a New Century: Determinants of Firm Creation around 1900

The paper explores the determinants of regional differences in firm creation rates by using a new data set of 4036 individual firms from Southwest Germany around 1900. According to the author, the time period around 1900 might have had a critical mass of firm creators, thus it was possible to achieve substantial economic growth.

Understanding Absorptive Capacities in an "Innovation Systems" Context: Consequences for Economic and Employment Growth

The paper seeks to broaden understanding of the concept underlying absorptive capacity at the macrolevel, paying particular attention to the growth and development perspectives. The author explains how the nature of absorptive capacity changes with stages of economic development, and the importance of the different aspects of absorptive capability at different stages.