Building Competitive Regions : Strategies and Governance


OECD. Publishing
Bok Engelsk 2005 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Paris : : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, , 2005.
Omfang
1 online resource (139 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Executive Summary; Part I - Strategies; 1. Competitiveness in a regional context; 2. Competitive firms: policies to generate innovation and knowledge; 3. Competitive regions: policies for the wider business environment; Notes; Part II - Governance; Introduction; 4. Coordination between the different levels of government: transfers, contracting practices and incentives; 5. Horizontal co-ordination; 6. New actors in economic development strategies; 7. Shared issues in co-operative governance instruments; Notes; Bibliography. - 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, rural, etc.), which imply specific policy and investment needs. This report assesses the strategies pursued by OECD member governments to address the competitiveness of regional economies and the accompanying governance mechanisms on which the implementation of these strategies rests. The report is pri
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Competition.
Economic development.
Regional economics.
Business & Economics
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9264009469

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