Economic Development

Barbara Kleinert

Heterogeneity and Change in the Process of Economic Development

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

This book provides a thorough analysis of the interaction of heterogeneous economic agents and the overall economy with respect to the dynamics of economic growth and development. As the diversity of individuals is the spice of social existence, heterogeneity is presumably a major driving force in market economies and the reason for phenomena, […]

Marvin Nii Ankrah

Regionalism and Political Instability in West Africa: Developments, Challenges and Prospects

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

The study of regions is critical to our understanding of global politics. Post-colonial West Africa has for decades attracted international headlines for many bad reasons. Central among these are various acts of political instability involving military coups, civil wars, irredentists claims, circulation of small arms and weapons and the […]

Jasmina Kitanović

Internationalization of Innovation Systems

Lessons from Eastern Europe

EURO-Wirtschaft – Studien zur ökonomischen Entwicklung Europas

Innovation and technological change are repeatedly recognized as the main driving forces for economic development and growth. Economies which are characterized by faster growth rates compared to others are those which are in a position to create and economically use new technologies, production processes and products more successfully. In […]

Boris Prevolšek / Črtomir Rozman

Analysis of the Efficiency of Tourist Farms in Slovenia

Examined Using Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Schriftenreihe agrarwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

„The monograph deals with the technical efficiency of tourist farms in Slovenia, which the authors assessed using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) methods.

Thus, based on six inputs and four outputs, six different models were developed to evaluate the efficiency of tourist farms. Using the DEA […]

Irmela Gorges (Ed.)

Global Perspectives on Sustainable Regional Development

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

The present volume is interdisciplinary in scope, written for economists, social scientists, civil servants, environmental protectionists, and individuals alike who are interested and working in the field of sustainable development. The volume is a compilation of mainly research results from economics covering seven areas of sustainable […]

Urška Štremfel

A Decade After the Lisbon Strategy: Decisive for the Development of the EU and National Educational Space

Schriften zur Europapolitik

For a long time, education had been a more or less neglected policy field in European integration. The Lisbon Strategy (2000) marked the turning point, when education was first recognised as important for the social and economic development of the European Union (EU). Since then, EU cooperation in the field has significantly widened and […]

Alper Selman Tengüz

Strategies of the State towards the Informal Economy

Studienreihe Volkswirtschaften der Welt

Around the world developed and developing economies alike are struggling with the persisting nature of the informal economy. The policy advice given to politicians by development economists today is rather generic with no regard to country-specific factors. This research develops a policy advice framework for governments to improve the […]

Katarína Remeňová / Helena Majdúchová / Jakub Kintler

Pricing in Creative Industry

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Scientific monograph Pricing in Creative Industry provides a detailed view on the theory of price management in the specific area of business. The uniqueness of the researched area is given by the assumption that the price in this area of business covers more than the costs and expected profit, which is traditionally explained by the […]

Mathias Kube

The Economics of Open Innovation

Essays on Private and Public Actors in Systems of Innovation

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

In today‘s globalized world innovation plays a major role. For states, the generation of new knowledge through innovations impacts the economic development and the standard of living. For companies, innovation is crucial to achieve competitive advantage. Specifically the concept of Open Innovation has been advocated to improve innovative […]

Dmytro Palekhov

Potential for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a Regional Planning Instrument in Ukraine

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool for integrating environmental concerns into policies, plans and programmes at the earlier stages of decision-making. It stimulates socio-economic development that causes minimal harm to the environment. Consequently, SEA is internationally recognised as one of the most important and direct […]