Building competitive regions strategies and governance.

In recent years, the main focus of territorial policy has been on sustaining growth, not only to address relative decline, but also to make regions more competitive. Putting this in practice is complicated because different regions have different characteristics (urban, intermediate, industrial, rur...

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Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris : OECD, c2005.
Edition:[Eng. ed.].
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Strategies: Competitiveness in a regional context ; Competitive firms : policies to generate innovation and knowledge ; Competitive regions : policies for the wider business environment
  • pt. 2. Governance: Coordination between the different levels of government : transfers, contracting practices and incentives ; Horizontal co-ordination ; New actors in economic development strategies ; Common issues in co-operative governance.